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  • This Made-In-India Train Is Taking Over The World – Chile, Canada, And Others Want This Technology | Mobility News

    Vande Bharat Trains: Countries like Chile, Canada, and Malaysia have shown keen interest in importing the Vande Bharat Trains from India. It is learned from informed sources that for several reasons external buyers are attracted towards Vande Bharat.

    Sources said cost-effectiveness is the key factor, trains with similar features manufactured in other countries cost in the range of Rs 160-180 crores, whereas India manufactures the Vande Bharat at much less, at a cost ranging from Rs 120 to 130 crores. 

    Vande Bharat also beats competitors when it comes to pick-up speed. Sources say, Vande Bharat takes just 52 seconds to reach from 0 to 100 kmph; this exceeds Japan’s bullet train, which takes 54 seconds to get from 0-100 Kmph. Informed sources also say that Vande Bharat is better designed than foreign competition.

    It has one hundred times less noise experience than an aircraft and its energy consumption is much less. Indian railways are also looking to rapidly expand its track network and increase substantial number of trains. 

    Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that in the last ten years more than 31000 kilometres of tracks have been added, and the aim is to add 40000 kilometres of additional tracks. 

    Vaishnaw also emphasized that work on the bullet train is on track and progressing at a super-fast speed. Amid safety concerns, Railways is putting special focus on installing its indigenous automatic train protection system, Kavach, across the country.

    This will cover around 40000 kilometres of network and will be installed in 10000 locomotives. Kavach is an effective and low-cost protection system and is Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL-4) certified. 

    The rail minister told reporters once installed Kavach can bring down accidents by 80 percent and completely take care of human errors. The Minister said that the tender of 10,000 Locos and 9,600 km track is out. 

    Kavach has been commissioned in 632 km in Mathura – Palwal and Mathura – Nagda. Kavach has also been installed in 108 km on Kota – Sawai Madhopur. Courses are being conducted at IRISET for the training of 426 Chief Loco Inspectors on Kavach. 

    Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently reviewed a trial of an upgraded ‘Kavach’ between Sawai Madhopur and Indargarh Railway stations in Rajasthan.

    Minister Vaishnaw underlined the measures taken to improve safety standards. He told reporters 97,602 inspections were done by officials, 90,000 signal plans verified, 2,500 km Track renewal done. Ultrasound tests being done for the entire network: In this financial year so far: 1.86 lakh Track km rail + 11.66 lakh no. of welds are also concluded. 

    Vaishnaw further said, “For testing welds: 20 new Phased Array Ultrasound machines introduced 990 railway bridges rehabilitated, 304 flyovers and underpasses constructed, 5,300 Fog safety devices installed Quality checks on Track fittings carried out. Hardship and risk allowance of trackman increased by 25% (2,700 to 3,375 Rs per month) done.

  • Vande Bharat Express To Commence Services In Tripura soon, Announces CM Manik Saha | Railways News

    Tripura’s Chief Minister, Manik Saha, announced on Tuesday that the Vande Bharat Express train will commence its service in Tripura soon after the electrification of rail lines, currently in its final stage, is completed.

    He mentioned that PM Modi has introduced the Northeast HIRA Model. 
    “We have the Vista Dome, which we never thought of before. Soon, the electrification of the railway will be completed, and the Vande Bharat Express will commence,” Manik Saha said.

    A few days back, Tripura’s Chief Minister, Dr. Manik Saha, commended the Vande Bharat train service, hailing it as a transformative addition to Indian Railways.

    During his trip from Maldaha to Howrah on one of the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat trains, Dr. Saha lauded the efficiency of the service and attributed its success to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Railways for their proactive implementation.

    10 New Vande Bharat Trains

    Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 10 new Vande Bharat trains yesterday and laid the foundation stone for a range of transformative developmental projects worth over Rs 1,06,000 crores. These projects span various sectors, including railway infrastructure, connectivity, and petrochemicals.

    With the addition of these 10 new trains, the total number of Vande Bharat trains now exceeds 50, covering 45 routes nationwide. Currently, Indian Railways operates 41 Vande Bharat Express services, connecting states through Broad Gauge (BG) electrified networks, spanning 24 states and 256 districts. The latest introductions expand connectivity across several routes such as Lucknow to Dehradun, Ahmedabad to Mumbai Central, New Jalpaiguri to Patna, Patna to Lucknow, Khajuraho to Delhi (Nizamuddin), Puri to Visakhapatnam, Kalaburagi to Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru, Ranchi to Varanasi, Mysuru to Dr. MGR Central (Chennai), and Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam.

    These trains represent a significant improvement in India’s railway infrastructure, facilitating smoother and faster intercity travel while strengthening connectivity across the nation.

  • Vande Bharat trains | Undertaking 0 proceedings

    With the Vande Bharat trains a showpiece of its grand modernisation plans, the Railway Ministry is fine-tuning and correcting all shortcomings

    NO ROOM FOR ERROR: A Vande Bharat Categorical glides previous

    ISSUE DATE: Oct 23, 2023 | UPDATED: Oct 13, 2023 17:55 IST

    No longer way back, railway passengers needed to undergo 11 or extra hours of educate go back and forth—assuming it ran on time—to go back and forth the 770-km distance between Delhi and Varanasi. The one sooner possibility was once taking a flight. All that modified after High Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the primary Vande Bharat Categorical at New Delhi in February 2019.

  • Top Minister to flag off 9 Vande Bharat Categorical trains on Sunday

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Top Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday flag off 9 Vande Bharat trains connecting non secular and vacationer locations throughout 11 states.

    The 9 trains will supply quicker connectivity throughout 11 states — Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat.

    The Top Minister will flag off the trains via video conferencing.

    The brand new Vande Bharat trains will run between Udaipur – Jaipur; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai; Hyderabad -Bengaluru; Vijayawada – Chennai (by means of Renigunta); Patna – Howrah; Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram; Rourkela – Bhubaneswar – Puri; Ranchi – Howrah; and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad.

    Those trains are a step in opposition to realising the Top Minister’s imaginative and prescient of bettering connectivity around the nation and offering world-class amenities to rail passengers, an legitimate observation stated.

    “The Vande Bharat trains would be the quickest teach alongside the routes in their operation and can lend a hand save really extensive time for the passengers,” it stated.

    As in comparison to the present quickest teach alongside the path, Rourkela- Bhubaneswar – Puri and Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram, the Vande Bharat trains will minimize shuttle time between respective locations via about 3 hours; Hyderabad – Bengaluru via greater than 2.5 hours; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai via greater than 2 hours.

    The shuttle time between Ranchi – Howrah and Patna – Howrah and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad might be lowered via about one hour in comparison with the quickest trains these days to be had between those locations.

    The shuttle time between Udaipur – Jaipur might be lowered via about part an hour.

    The Rourkela- Bhubaneswar – Puri and Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai trains will attach the necessary non secular cities of Puri and Madurai.

    Additionally, the Vijayawada – Chennai Vande Bharat Categorical will perform by means of the Renigunta path and can supply connectivity to the Tirupati pilgrimage centre.

    The creation of those Vande Bharat trains will usher in a brand new same old of rail carrier within the nation, the observation stated.

    Those trains, provided with world-class facilities and complicated security measures, together with Kavach era, might be a key step in opposition to offering fashionable, fast and comfy manner of shuttle to commonplace other people, execs, businessmen, scholar group and vacationers, it added.

    NEW DELHI: Top Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday flag off 9 Vande Bharat trains connecting non secular and vacationer locations throughout 11 states.

    The 9 trains will supply quicker connectivity throughout 11 states — Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat.

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    The brand new Vande Bharat trains will run between Udaipur – Jaipur; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai; Hyderabad -Bengaluru; Vijayawada – Chennai (by means of Renigunta); Patna – Howrah; Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram; Rourkela – Bhubaneswar – Puri; Ranchi – Howrah; and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad.

    Those trains are a step in opposition to realising the Top Minister’s imaginative and prescient of bettering connectivity around the nation and offering world-class amenities to rail passengers, an legitimate observation stated.

    “The Vande Bharat trains would be the quickest teach alongside the routes in their operation and can lend a hand save really extensive time for the passengers,” it stated.

    As in comparison to the present quickest teach alongside the path, Rourkela- Bhubaneswar – Puri and Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram, the Vande Bharat trains will minimize shuttle time between respective locations via about 3 hours; Hyderabad – Bengaluru via greater than 2.5 hours; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai via greater than 2 hours.

    The shuttle time between Ranchi – Howrah and Patna – Howrah and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad might be lowered via about one hour in comparison with the quickest trains these days to be had between those locations.

    The shuttle time between Udaipur – Jaipur might be lowered via about part an hour.

    The Rourkela- Bhubaneswar – Puri and Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai trains will attach the necessary non secular cities of Puri and Madurai.

    Additionally, the Vijayawada – Chennai Vande Bharat Categorical will perform by means of the Renigunta path and can supply connectivity to the Tirupati pilgrimage centre.

    The creation of those Vande Bharat trains will usher in a brand new same old of rail carrier within the nation, the observation stated.

    Those trains, provided with world-class facilities and complicated security measures, together with Kavach era, might be a key step in opposition to offering fashionable, fast and comfy manner of shuttle to commonplace other people, execs, businessmen, scholar group and vacationers, it added.

  • Centre taking a look at choices following prolong in supply of Vande Bharat teach portions from Ukraine

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) on Thursday mentioned there were some delays within the supply of positive elements of Vande Bharat trains by way of the producer in Ukraine.

    The MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned choices are being checked out to make sure the supply takes position.

    “Ukraine manufactures some elements. There was an affect at the supply agenda. We’re taking a look at choices in order that supply takes position on time,” he mentioned at a media briefing.

    He used to be requested whether or not the continued struggle in Ukraine not on time the availability.

    “The Railway ministry has the main points. However we’re coordinating to make sure that we obtain the elements once imaginable,” Bagchi mentioned.

    India procures the wheels and a few different elements of the Vande Bharat trains from Ukraine.

    India’s import orders to a Ukrainian company for hundreds of wheelsets for Vande Bharat trains have been been hit by way of the battle.

    Ukraine, which is likely one of the global’s biggest providers of such wheels, has nearly stopped new manufacturing with maximum staffers becoming a member of the battle effort after Russia introduced an army offensive on February 24.

    The railways’ plan of launching dozens of latest Vande Bharat teach this 12 months bumped into troubles as all the order given to the Ukraine-based company — 36,000 wheels at a price of $16 million — regarded undeliverable.

  • Caught in war-torn Ukraine, wheels of Vande Bharat trains succeed in Romania, to be airlifted to India 

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: India’s import orders to a Ukrainian company for hundreds of wheel units for Vande Bharat trains were hit through the warfare, however 128 wheels were taken to neighbouring Romania through highway and those will likely be airlifted through the railways for trials subsequent month, resources mentioned.

    Additionally they mentioned that to satisfy its goal of launching 75 semi-high velocity trains on distinguished routes around the nation through the top of this 12 months, India has now positioned orders for wheels with Czech Republic, Poland and america.

    The resources additionally mentioned that India would possibly take a look at China too because it provides wheels.

    The resources indicated that Ukraine, which is without doubt one of the international’s biggest providers of such wheels, has nearly stopped new manufacturing with maximum staffers becoming a member of the warfare effort towards Russia.

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    With this, they mentioned, the Railways’ plan of launching dozens of latest Vande Bharat educate this years bumped into troubles as all of the order given to a Ukraine-based company — 36,000 wheels at a value of $16 million — regarded undeliverable.

    The resources mentioned the cost used to be to be made thru a Letter of Credit score.

    The wheels have been deliberate to be shipped from the Ukrainian Black Sea Port to Maharashtra’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Agree with (JNPT), which has now not took place because of the warfare.

    Then again, the resources mentioned informed PTI this has now not not on time trials in India scheduled for subsequent month.

    “With the efforts of the Railway Ministry and the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, 128 wheels required for the trial of 2 trains have been despatched to Romania through highway on vans from the wheel manufacturing facility in Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,” a supply mentioned.

    V Okay Tripathi, Chairman and CEO Railway Board, informed PTI, “There is not any extend within the production of Vande Bharat Trains. All of the required pieces like wheels and axles will likely be delivered in time.”

    The axles wanted for the wheels were manufactured on the Railway Wheel Manufacturing unit in Bengaluru.

    The resources additionally mentioned that the transfer to position orders with different nations will considerably elevate the price of procurement “for the reason that call for is excessive and provide constrained”.

    “Additionally, Ukraine is the most affordable choice,” a supply mentioned.

    Sudhanshu Mani, a former normal supervisor of the Integral Trainer Manufacturing unit (ICF), Chennai and the mind at the back of the Vande Bharat trains, informed PTI that provides hit through the Russia-Ukraine warfare may not be a serious setback for the Railways’ efforts.

    “The primary rake used to be now not going to be out prior to Would possibly anyway and it could nonetheless be out in June/July. Remaining time the wheels have been ordered from a Czech corporate, this time it’s been ordered from Ukraine. In the event that they get the minimal requirement of 128 wheels for the primary rake, they are able to start the rigors after which in all probability attempt to additional expedite deliveries from Ukraine thru Romania or every other neighbouring nation or as an emergency measure, even procure briefly from every other corporate,” Mani mentioned.

    Whilst the Railways is interested by getting the Vande Bharat trains working on time, greater than 70 different trains must stay up for the wheels to reach from their new locations to hit the tracks, the resources mentioned.

    “We now have a two-month window from when the rigors of the 2 Vande Bharat trains start and the procurement of the wheels. We must have the ability to get them for all of the trains. It’s not simply India, however the issue is internationally. Ukraine is without doubt one of the biggest providers of wheels so there’s certain to be a world scarcity,” a senior legit informed PTI.

    The resources point out that there’s a worry of a big scarcity of wheel within the international marketplace with Ukraine keeping 70 according to cent of orders of the Ecu Union of wheels for freight railcars.

    This additionally signifies that there will likely be an enormous value escalation for India, which, the resources mentioned, depends upon the war-ravaged nation for wheels for its different top class trains as smartly.

    The officers mentioned that the availability of railway wheels is a extremely concentrated marketplace with with reference to 20 factories international.

    In her 2022 Funds speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had introduced that 400 Vande Bharat trains will likely be manufactured within the subsequent 3 years, which can be anticipated to price between Rs 40,000 crore and Rs 50,000 crore.