{"id":308565,"date":"2019-01-28T03:52:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T03:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=308565"},"modified":"2019-01-28T06:42:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T06:42:44","slug":"minister-of-railways-coal-piyush-goyal-announces-vande-bharat-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/minister-of-railways-coal-piyush-goyal-announces-vande-bharat-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Railways &#038; Coal Piyush Goyal Announces \u2018Vande Bharat Express\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-308472 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/piyush-goyal-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/piyush-goyal-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/piyush-goyal.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal on Sunday announced the name Vande Bharat Express for Train 18, acknowledging its made-in-India status. He called it a\u00a0<em>\u2018vandaniya\u2019<\/em>\u00a0step towards realisation of New India vision. This train set has been\u00a0manufactured\u00a0by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in the period of 18 months under &#8216;Make in India&#8217; program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Since the launch of Rajdhani trains, Vande Bharat Express is the next major leap for Indian Railways in terms of speed and convenience. It is India&#8217;s first semi-high speed train equipped with world class passenger amenities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It can achieve high speeds with max speed of 160 kmph. Its faster acceleration will reduce the journey time by 25% to 45%. The scheduled commute between New Delhi &amp; Varanasi will take approximately 8 hours making it 40-50% faster than the fastest train currently connecting these two cities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Vande Bharat Express incorporates many modern features which debut for the very first time on Indian Railways. It has been provided with \u2018State of the Art\u2019 passenger amenities like On-board wifi entertainment, GPS based passenger information system, CCTVs, bio-vacuum toilets, rotating chairs in executive class, etc. at par with global standards. It also has provision of Divyang-friendly facilities. It will have 16 coaches with Chair Car type configuration with 2 Executive Class Chair Cars and 14 Chair Cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Further, it has intelligent braking system with power regeneration for better energy efficiency thereby making it cost, energy and environment efficient.\u00a0Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been requested to flag off this train.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal on Sunday announced the name Vande Bharat Express for Train 18, acknowledging its made-in-India status. He called it a\u00a0\u2018vandaniya\u2019\u00a0step towards realisation of New India vision. This train set has been\u00a0manufactured\u00a0by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in the period of 18 months under &#8216;Make in India&#8217; program. 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