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PM Modi flags off Odisha's first Vande Bharat, launches railway projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched railway projects worth Rs 8,200 crore in Odisha on Thursday and flagged off the state's first Vande Bharat Express that will connect Puri to West Bengal's Howrah. Addressing the function through video-conferencing, Modi said new India is building its own technologies and reaching those to the different corners of the country. "The Vande Bharat Express will further strengthen the religious, cultural and spiritual connection between Howrah and Puri," he said. Fifteen Vande Bharat trains are operational in the country at present and those are boosting both connectivity and economy, Modi said. "There was a time when new technologies and facilities used to remain limited to Delhi or the big cities. But now, India has chosen a new path. This new India is making technologies on its own and reaching those to different corners of the country," he said, referring to the indigenously developed semi-highspeed train. The prime minister said that as the cou

Vande Bharat Metro to hit tracks by December 2023; check features

The highly anticipated Vande Metro is expected to provide an affordable mode of transportation and will connect major cities, while also reducing the pressure on the suburban train network

Kerala to get its first Vande Bharat Express, BJP starts celebrations

Kerala, which had witnessed intense protests due to which the state government had to shelve its proposed flagship Silver Line semi-high-speed rail corridor project, will get a new Vande Bharat Express train from the Centre soon. Though an official announcement is yet to come, the state BJP leadership confirmed on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would make the big announcement on his arrival in the state later this month. They described it as a "Vishu kaineettam" to the people of the state from the Centre and the Prime Minister. According to tradition, elders of the family give gifts, especially money, to members of the house as "kaineettam" on the day of the harvest festival "Vishu", which falls on Saturday, April 15, this year. The unexpected arrival of rakes of the semi-high speed train in Palakkad this morning from Chennai evoked a great response among local people, who thronged the station along with BJP workers to get a glimpse of it and accord it a grand ...

New orders should boost BHEL's prospects; analysts have mixed views

Titagarh is a major beneficiary of an expanding Railways Budget. It's presence in metro rail, train sets, and propulsion systems offer broad growth opportunities

PM Narendra Modi flags off Rajasthan's first Vande Bharat train

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said railways had become an arena of politics under previous governments and its modernisation affected by political considerations. "It is our country's misfortune that an important system like the railways, which is such a big part in the lives of common people, was also made an arena of politics," he said after launching Rajasthan's first Vande Bharat Express here via video conferencing. The new Vande Bharat train, the 15th in the country, will operate between Ajmer and Delhi Cantonment stations with stops in Jaipur, Alwar and Gurugram. It will cover the distance in five hours and 15 minutes. The prime minister thanked Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for attending the event despite going through a "political tussle" in the state Congress. "After independence, India had got a large railway network but political interests always dominated the modernisation of railways," Modi said, adding the decision on who would become the railway .

PM Modi praises Rajasthan CM Gehlot for attending Vande Bharat launch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday referred to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as a friend and praised him for attending the launch event of the state's first Vande Bharat Express despite the ongoing political crises in his Congress party. The prime minister was addressing the flagging-off ceremony of the Vande Bharat Express through video conferencing. At the end of his address, Modi pointed to the demands put forward by Chief Minister Gehlot as well as the ongoing political tussle in the Congress. "I express my special gratitude to Gehlot ji as he is going through many political crises these days but despite that, he took out the time for development work and participated in a railway programme. I welcome him," Modi said. The Vande Bharat launch function was organised at the Jaipur junction rail station. It was attended by Railway Minister Ashwinin Vaishnaw, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and others. Referring to the railway minister and the chairman of the Railway

PM Modi flags off Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express in Hyderabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express train here. PM Modi, who arrived in the city, flagged off the service from Secunderabad Railway station. He boarded the stationary train at the railway station and interacted with school children. The train will reduce the travel time between Secunderabad in Telangana and Tirupati in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, by almost three and half hours and will be particularly beneficial for pilgrims. On January 15, Modi had virtually flagged off the Vande Bharat train service between Secunderabad and the port city of Visakhapatnam in AP, which was the first such service connecting the two Telugu-speaking states. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy were among those who were present.

'Vande Bharat' train's miniature scale model showcased at Pune's Museaum

A special miniature scale model of 'Vande Bharat', the indigenously designed semi-high speed express train, has been put on display at the Pune-based Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railways to provide information about the train to rail enthusiasts. The 'Vande Bharat' model, designed on '1:100' scale, was unveiled by Pune Guardian Minister Chandrakant Patil during a special visit to the museum on Tuesday as the facility is celebrating 25 years of its existence. Ravi Joshi, who currently runs the museum, said they made the model based on actual drawings from the Indian Railways. "All minute details were taken into consideration while designing this static model. Work is in progress on a working miniature model of 'Vande Bharat', and it will soon be showcased in the museum, he said. It took them three months to design the static model of 'Vande Bharat', Joshi's son Devavrat said. The Vande Bharat trains are currently operational on multiple routes in the country. Patil, while unveilin

PM Modi to flag off Vande Bharat Express, attend conference in Bhopal today

During his visit, the Prime Minister will attend the Combined Commanders' Conference-2023 at the Kushabhau Thakre Hall in Bhopal

Vande Bharat Metro train in Jammu once USBRL becomes operational: Vaishnaw

The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL) will be completed by December 2023 or January 2024 and a Vande Bharat metro train will be operated between Jammu and Srinagar once the project becomes fully operational, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday. Vaishnaw travelled on the first run of a track-mounted trolley on the world's highest arch bridge constructed on the Chenab river with railway officials and inspected the iconic bridge having a height of 359 metres from the Chenab riverbed. He also performed pooja at the bridge before the inspection. Addressing media persons, the minister announced setting up a special training academy for engineers at Jammu. Speaking on the progress of work, he said the track work on the Chenab bridge has been completed and now electric work will be undertaken, besides the installation of Kavach- an anti-collision safety device. The Chenab bridge was a difficult challenge as the terrain was a highly seismic activity-prone a

Rlys order for supply of seats for Vande Bharat, not for coaches: Tata

The order placed by the Railways is for the supply of seats and interior panels for Vande Bharat trains and "not to manufacture its coaches", a Tata Steel official has clarified. As part of the Rs 225 crore order, Tata Steel will supply light-weight seats for 23 coaches of Vande Bharat rails and fibre-reinforced polymer composites-based interior panels for 16 coaches of the high-speed train, Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President (VP) - Technology & New Materials Business of Tata Steel, told PTI. Some sections of the media have reported that Tata Steel has bagged orders for manufacturing coaches of Vande Bharat trains, which is "incorrect and baseless. We have not received the order to manufacture its coaches," he said. "Tata Steel has bagged the seats and interior panels order through a competitive bidding process executed by the national transporter (the Railways). We appeared as L1 for the prestigious order," he said, adding that the value of the order is Rs 225 crore. The ...

Parliament panel raises concern over pace of Vande Bharat train production

A parliamentary standing committee on Railways has raised concern over the pace of production of Vande Bharat trains and said that in 2022-23, only eight rakes have been manufactured till now against the target of 35 for the year. The fourteenth report of the Standing Committee on Railways headed by BJP MP Radha Mohan Singh, in its 14th report on the demand for grants, has asked that the Railways need to intensify efforts for the production of Vande Bharat rakes/coaches to meet the aspirations of rail commuters. "The Committee while expressing their concern to find that out of 35 rakes of Vande Bharat planned for the year 2022-23, only 08 rakes have been turned out till date, are of the view that with this pace of production, the Railways may find it difficult to achieve their set target," the report, which was tabled in both Houses of Parliament on Monday, said. The Committee also noted that during the budget speech of 2022-23, the finance minister had announced 400 Vande Bharat ..

Railways to start Vande Bharat train from Mumbai-Goa: Union minister Danve

A Vande Bharat semi-high speed express train will be operated on the Mumbai-Goa route soon, Union Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve has informed a delegation of legislators from Maharashtra. This information was shared by Niranjan Davkhare, a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council representing the Konkan graduates constituency. The delegation of legislators met Danve on Friday. During the meeting, the Union minister told the group that a Vande Bharat Express train will be operated between Mumbai and Goa, Davkhare said in a release. This express train will be operated between Mumbai and Goa on the lines of the ones introduced recently on Mumbai-Shirdi and Mumbai-Solapur routes to curtail travel time, Danve said. The electrification of the Mumbai-Goa railway route has been completed and the new train service will be introduced following an inspection, the minister told the delegation. The delegation discussed several issues concerning railways in Thane and Konkan

Alstom, Hyderabad-based Medha Servo Drives in race for Vande Bharat tender

The technical bids were opened on Thursday and financial bids are expected to be invited soon

TWL-BHEL fully Indian entity eyeing Rs 72,000 cr Vande Bharat contract

Titagarh Wagons Ltd (TWL) on Wednesday said the consortium it set up with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is the sole fully Indian entity among the five bidders for the Rs 72,000 crore Vande Bharat trains contract. TWL, the engineering and wagon major, also said it has lined up Rs 700 crore capex over the next 4-5 years to ramp up its production capacity and related infrastructure. The upcoming steel body facility at Uttarpara in West Bengal will strengthen TWL's coach-building capabilities in both aluminium and steel bodies, a senior company official said. "The company after forming a consortium with BHEL is one out of five bidders for Vande Bharat. We remain optimistic. We are the only truly Indian consortium as both partners are Indians," TWL director (marketing & business development) Prithish Chowdhary told PTI in a telephonic interview. The other bidders are German-based Siemens with BEML, Medha Engineering with Swiss company Stadler Rail, Russian Transmashholding ...

Railways to acquire new rolling stock worth Rs 3.14 trillion in FY24

300 Vande metros, 1000 8-coach Vande Bharats, hydrogen trains in the works

Sleeper version of Vande Bharat train to be designed to travel at 220 kmph

Four major domestic and foreign companies have come forward for the production, officials said

PM Modi to flag off Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat train on Sunday

The eighth Vande Bharat train in the country will run between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam in approximately eight hours

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jan 19 visit to Hyderabad postponed

Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay said that the revised schedule of Modi's visit will be announced soon

PM to flag off Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat train on Jan 19

The train will have intermediate halts in Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry