The Railway Minister has rejected talks of a delay in starting the manufacturing process of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train. It is claimed that the manufacturing process of the train is being delayed due to design approval issues. According to PTI news, Vaishnav said that the design was never a problem for the Russian company chosen to manufacture these trains. News came that quoting officials of the Russian company Transmashholding (TMH), it was reported that the Indian Railways demanded toilets and pantry cars in the train, due to which it became necessary to change the layout of the train. The Railway Minister rejected it.
The company addressed the Railway Ministry’s concerns regarding the design change and sent it to the ministry for approval, but the ministry is yet to give its consent, the report said. The Railway Minister also rejected it. It has been said in the news that as per the agreement, the company has to manufacture 1,920 coaches of Vande Bharat Sleeper Train.
Work is underway quickly to increase production.
Indian Railways is working fast to ramp up production of Vande Bharat sleeper trains. The indigenously developed Vande Bharat sleeper trains will cover long-distance and overnight travel. Post BEML, the national transporter is working to start manufacturing 1,920 Vande Bharat sleeper train coaches at its Latur-based Rail Coach Factory. According to ETNow, the national transporter has awarded the contract to manufacture the new edition of the Vande Bharat Express train to three companies: BEML, Kinect Railway Solutions (a joint venture between Russian rolling stock major TMH and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd) and Titagarh . Rail Systems Ltd and awarded to a consortium of Bharat Heavy Engineering Limited (BHEL). Of these, Kinect Railway Solutions will produce coaches for Indian Railways’ Vande Bharat sleeper trains under a $6.5 billion contract.
The first Vande Bharat sleeper train will run on this route.
According to the news, the first Vande Bharat sleeper train will run on the route from New Delhi to Srinagar. The commercial operation of this train will start in January 2025. This semi-high-speed train will run on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link, giving passengers a better travel experience with modern facilities. The Vande Bharat Sleeper train will cover the distance of over 800 kilometers between New Delhi and Srinagar in less than 13 hours. For the first time, there will be direct rail connectivity between New Delhi and Kashmir Valley, where there is no such direct connection so far.
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