Union Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the Vande Bharat Express at the New Delhi Railway Station
Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express on October 3 from Delhi on its inaugural run
The high speed train, which currently offers only chair car service, will bring down the travel time between Delhi and Katra
Train 18 - named for the year of its launch -was India's first semi-high speed train
During the last financial year, SAIL supplied around 985,000 tonnes of rail worth Rs 5,900 crore
Two consecutive bulk tenders for the propulsion systems of Train 18 got cancelled recently, citing technical reasons
Officials said the new tendering process gives vendors three months to apply for bids instead of the present three weeks
The primary reason behind this move is to provide a level-playing field to all suppliers in the making of the flagship train
Though the routes were not finalised, the second set of trains was expected to start operations April
Currently, Vande Bharat runs between New Delhi and Varanasi.
Vande Bharat Express was flagged off by PM Modi om Feb 15, 2019
For an eight-hour journey, it neither has the reclining seats of the Shatabdi nor a personal LCD screen option of the Tejas Express
Derides opposition for criticising the country's first semi-high speed train
Railways will keep Vande Bharat as the generic name for all the trains under Train-18 category
Before flagging off the train, Modi paid tribute to the martyrs
Once India's fastest, the Gatimaan Express, which runs between Delhi and Agra with a maximum speed of 160 kmph and an average of 112 kmph, has now receded to the second place
Train 18, which was recently renamed as Vande Bharat Express by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, became the country's fastest train by hitting speeds of over 180 kmph during a trial run
Train 18, which was recently named Vande Bharat Express by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, has been manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai