Vande Bharat Express Collides With Cow Just Day After Buffalo Collision Broke Train's Nose
The train, which can reach a top speed of 160 kmph, has been designed keeping the possibility in mind, he added.
While en route to Mumbai on Friday, the recently launched Vande Bharat Express train hit a cow near Anand in Gujarat, indicating the second such incident in the past two days, as per officials.
According to Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of Western Railway, the incident happened at 3:49 pm between the stations of Kanjari and Anand, roughly 433 kilometers from Mumbai.
He claimed that each passenger was safe.
"The train¡¯s front portion has suffered a small dent," he added.
Senior PRO Pradeep Sharma said the train resumed its journey ten minutes after halting.
A cattle run-over incident occurred with passing Vande Bharat train near Anand in Vadodara division, wherein one cow was hit. Train was on its journey from Gandhinagar to Mumbai today. Incident occurred at 3.44 pm&train halted for about 10 min: Sumit Thakur, CPRO, Western Railway pic.twitter.com/oIbjmZFXmx
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On Thursday, four buffaloes were killed after being hit by a train on its way to Gandhinagar from Mumbai between Vatva and Maninagar railway stations. Its nose panel had to be replaced overnight due to the damage.
The nose panel on the other end suffered a dent in Friday¡¯s incident.
Speaking at an event at Anand on Friday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that collisions with cattle on the tracks were unavoidable.
He added that the train, which can reach a top speed of 160 kmph, has been designed keeping the possibility in mind.
If you look at the heart of any Railwaymen, you will see Vande Bharat engraved on it. So lets not mock an untoward incidence further. The Train is back in action because of
¡ª Pragya Srivastava (@pragyasrivasta1) October 7, 2022
our brave technicians???. Onwards and Upwards.??#VandeBharatTrain
#teamwork pic.twitter.com/lPY0rO0YUM
It was not immediately apparent if the cow survived the accident.
The third service in the Vande Bharat series, the indigenously designed and manufactured semi-high-speed train, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 30 from Gandhinagar Capital and began commercial operations the following day.
Vande Bharat Express trains already run on Delhi-Varanasi and Delhi-Katra routes.
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From Wednesday (October 5), WR revised the train¡¯s timetable and reduced travel time by 5 minutes between Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar Capital and 20 minutes between Gandhinagar Capital and Mumbai Central.
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The indigenously designed trainset (Train-18) has undergone a lot of upgradation in its Vande Bharat 2.0 version.
In the new version, some significant upgrades include rotating seats in executive chair car coaches, automatic sliding doors, improved communication between guard and loco pilots, airplane-like vacuum toilets, improved interiors, and reclining seats.
(With agency inputs)
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