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India.com
04-08-2025
- Politics
- India.com
When will India's first Vande Bharat Sleeper run? Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav says..., shares...
New Delhi: There is good news for railway passengers. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has said that the Vande Bharat Sleeper will make its appearance in September. What is the Vande Bharat Sleeper train, and why is it special? The Vande Bharat Sleeper is a new type of train. It is touted to bring a revolutionary change to Indian Railways. He also said that the country's first bullet train service will start very soon. This will reduce the travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to 2 hours and 7 minutes and will cover a distance of 508 km. People are eagerly waiting for the sleeper Vande Bharat train. Currently, more than 50 pairs of Vande Bharat trains are running in the country. But only a chair car facility is available in them. This is the reason why these trains are being run on the route of Shatabdi. But the sleeper Vande Bharat can be run on the route of the Rajdhani. Which new trains were flagged off? Vaishnav was in Bhavnagar on Sunday, 3 August, where he digitally flagged off Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express and Jabalpur-Raipur Express. He also said that 8 Amrit Bharat trains have been newly started. What did Ashwini Vaishnav say on the makeover of Indian Railways? The Union Minister said that the Railways is being transformed during the tenure of the Modi government. For the first time in the history of Indian Railways, more than 12 km of railway track is being laid every day. More than 34000 km of new railway track has been laid. 1300 stations are being redeveloped. Also, trains like Vande Bharat, Amrit Bharat and Namo Bharat are being run. So far, eight Amrit Bharat trains have been run. These have facilities like Vande Bharat, but their fare is lower.
Mint
03-08-2025
- Business
- Mint
Mumbai-Ahmedabad in 2 hours! India's first bullet train service to commence soon, says rail minister Ashwini Vaisnaw
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on August 3 confirmed that India's first bullet train is on track for launch soon, according to a PTI report. Speaking after he virtually flagged off the Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express, and Jabalpur-Raipur Express from Bhavnagar, he stated that the Mumbai-Ahemedabad bullet train, which will cut the journey between the two cities to two hours and seven minutes, will 'commence very soon'. India's first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will span 508 kilometres. It will start from the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) area in Mumbai, and connect to Gujarat's Vapi, Surat, Anand, Vadodara and Ahmedabad, running at a high speed of 320 km per hour. 'The first bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmedabad will start very soon, and the work on the project is going on at a fast pace. When it starts running, the journey from Mumbai to Ahmedabad will take only two hours and seven minutes,' Vaishnaw said. The minister also sahred details of the upcoming railway projects in Gujarat, including a new train between Porbandar and Rajkot, a ₹ 135-crore coach maintenance facility at Ranavav station, a railway flyover in Porbandar city, two Gati Shakti cargo terminals, and a container terminal at an upcoming port in Bhavnagar. Besides these, he added that there are several new projects in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and praised the 'double-engine government' in these states making projects progress rapidly. 'In 11 years of the Narendra Modi government, 34,000 km of new railway tracks have been laid, with almost 12 km of new tracks built in the country daily. Around 1,300 railway stations are being redeveloped in the country, which is something that has never been done before. No one has undertaken such a big work to date. When railway stations are renovated in developed countries, they are done systematically by closing down all stations and trains,' Vaishnaw added. He also gave an update on the trains introduced by the Modi government — Vande Bharat Express, Amrit Bharat Express, and Namo Bharat Express. 'Eight Amrit Bharat trains have been launched so far. They have features like Vande Bharat trains, but the fare is low. These trains have been constructed using new-age technology, and you will be surprised to hear the emotions expressed by passengers using these trains,' he said.
