Mumbai: Vande Bharat trains are being manufactured at Chennai Perambur ICF plant.
Vande Bharat train services have been started on Delhi-Varanasi, Delhi-Katra, Mumbai-Gandhinagar, Delhi-Amb Andhra, Chennai-Mysore, Bilaspur-Nagpur, Howrah-Pudujalpaiguri, Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad routes.
Following this, Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the Vande Bharat train service on the Mumbai-Shirdi and Mumbai-Solapur routes on the 10th. A Vande Bharat train reached Mumbai yesterday for this purpose. Another Vande Bharat train is due to reach Mumbai on 6th.
According to a railway official, “Vande Bharat train has a maximum speed of 160 km per hour. Driven at speed. According to this, 455 km between Mumbai-Solapur. Vande Bharat train will cross the distance in 6.35 hrs. Similarly 340 km between Mumbai-Shirdi. “Vande Bharat train will cross the distance in 5.25 hours,” he said.