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Vande Bharat Train Nation

VANDE BHARAT: THE COUNTRY'S FIRST SEMI-HIGH-SPEED TRAIN

The fourth Vande Bharat train was started
between Amb Andaura in Himachal Pradesh
and New Delhi On October 13, 2022. It takes
about five hours to cover this distance of 412
kilometres. The train travels from Delhi to Amb
Andaura, stopping in Ambala, Chandigarh,
Anandpur Sahib, and Una Himachal.
The fifth Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat train
was flagged off on November 11, 2022. This
was South India's first Vande Bharat train. It
takes about six and a half hours to cover this
The first Vande Bharat train between New Delhi and
Varanasi in the country was flagged off by Prime distance of 504 kilometres. The introduction
Minister Narendra Modi on February 15, 2019. It of this train greatly benefits commuters
takes eight hours to travel 757 kilometres from from industrial hub Chennai, technological-
New Delhi to Varanasi via Kanpur and Prayagraj. software startup hub Bengaluru, and tourist
The second Vande Bharat train was flagged off on destination Mysore.
October 3, 2019 between New Delhi and Shri Mata The sixth Bilaspur-Nagpur Vande Bharat train
Vaishno Devi, Katra Railway Station. It takes eight was flagged off from Nagpur railway station
hours to cover this distance of 635 km, whereas on December 11, 2022. It takes five and a half
it takes about 12 hours to cover this distance by hours to cover this distance of 411 kms as
other train. This train reaches Katra from Delhi via opposed to seven to eight hours earlier.
Ambala Cantt, Ludhiana, and Jammu Tawi. The seventh Vande Bharat train connecting
The third Vande Bharat train between Mumbai and Howrah to New Jalpaiguri was flagged off on
Gandhinagar was flagged off from Gandhinagar December 30, 2022. It takes seven and a half
railway station on September 30, 2022. It takes hours to cover the distance of 564 kilometres.
about six and a half hours to cover this distance of This 16-coach train stops at Malda Town,
519 kilometres. Barsoi, and Kishanganj railway stations.

RAILWAY WORKS IN TELANGANA IN ANDHRA PRADESH'S RAILWAY
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS NETWORK IS EXPANDING

· In the eight years before 2014, there was a budget of less
than Rs 250 crore for railways in Telangana, which has Over the years, construction of 350 km of
now increased to Rs 3000 crore. new rail lines and about 800 km of multi-
· In the first eight years before 2014, less than 125 km of tracking has been completed in Andhra
railway lines were built in Telangana, while in the last Pradesh.
eight years, about 325 km of railway lines have been During the previous government, Andhra
completed. Pradesh electrified 60 kilometres of railway
· In Telangana, more than 225 kilometres of track have track per year; now, this speed has increased
been converted to multi-tracking in the last eight years. to more than 220 kilometres per year.

which Vande Bharat is running on track can be equal to 58 revolutions of the earth. More than
gauged from the fact that in the last few years, 40 lakh passengers have travelled on these trains
seven Vande Bharat trains have covered a total so far. In the next three years, the railways plan to
distance of 23 lakh kilometres. This distance is run 400 Vande Bharat trains.

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