Vande Bharat Express: The Vande Bharat Express from Mumbai Central and to Gandhinagar in Gujarat was damaged after colliding with cattle on Thursday morning. However, this train has been rectified within a day at the Coaching Care Center. In this collision, only part of the front of the train was damaged. In this regard, Western Railway CPRO said that the damaged portion at Mumbai Central Depot has been replaced. The train has been brought back on track without any additional downtime. We are taking all steps to prevent such incidents in the future.
When and how did the accident happen
The picture of the Vande Bharat Express had gone viral soon after the accident at around 11.15 am on Thursday. People are commenting in different ways. Let us tell you that due to the arrival of 3-4 buffaloes on the railway line, the front part of the engine was damaged. The train left for Gandhinagar after removing the dead bodies within eight minutes and reached its scheduled time.
Western Railway spokesperson Jitendra Kumar Jayant said Vande Bharat Express running between Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar Capital stations had left Mumbai in the morning. The front part of the engine of the train got damaged after it collided with some buffaloes on the track at around 11.15 am. The incident took place between the Vatva and Maninagar areas of Ahmedabad.
These precautions will be taken going forward
Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Sumit Thakur said that the driver of the train was fully alert. He immediately blew the train whistle and applied the brakes, but the time was short. He said that villagers are being advised not to leave their cattle near the track. He further informed that Western Railway will work on increasing train speed to 160 kmph on the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad section and fencing to avoid such incidents in the future.
India's third Vande Bharat train
This is the third Vande Bharat train in the country. Earlier Vande Bharat trains are running between New Delhi and Varanasi and New Delhi and Mata Vaishno Devi Katra. This train goes from Gandhinagar to Mumbai via Ahmedabad and then comes back to Gandhinagar via this route.
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