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New Vande Bharat trains to run at 200 kmph, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Marathwada Rail Coach Factory at Latur in central Maharashtra will manufacture nearly 1,600 coaches for the upgraded version of Vande Bharat Express trains in the coming years and each of them will cost Rs 8 crore to Rs 9 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said. He said the advanced version of Vande Bharat trains will be able to attain maximum speed of 200 km per hour (kmph). Vaishnaw was addressing the 'Destination Marathwada' event, organised by the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA), in Aurangabad on Monday evening. "The next version of Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured in Marathwada. Nearly 1,600 coaches will be manufactured at the facility in Latur. Each coach will cost Rs 8 crore to 9 crore. The project will create opportunities for companies located in radius of 400 km to 500 km," he added. Talking about the next generation of Vande Bharat Express, Vaishnaw said, "The maximum speed of these trains will be 200 kmph as compared to 180

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The hurdles delaying India's high-speed trains from running on fast track

The speed of Vande Bharat trains has been restricted to 160 kmph for now as the Railways has to upgrade the tracks and also build fences on both sides of the tracks to prevent trespassing

PM Narendra Modi flags off Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express

According to Indian Railways, the ticket fare of the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat will be Rs 1,440 for chair car and Rs 2,650 for executive coach

Railways floats tender to procure 80,000 indigenous forged wheels a year

Invites industry to set up domestic manufacturing facility at estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore

Chennai factory aims to build 75 Vande Bharat trains in a year: Official

Chennai's Integral Coach Factory sets up target as govt aims to have 475 new such trains by 2024-25

Tata Steel to roll out 'First in India' seating system for Vande Bharat

Tata Group is planning to spend Rs 3,000 crore on R&D by FY26 and set to roll out the 'First in India' seating system for Vande Bharat Express trains from September 2022, a top official has said. The steel-to-salt conglomerate is also targeting to be among the top 5 technology firms in the steel industry globally by 2030. Tata Steel's Composites division bagged a Rs 145 crore bulk order for seating systems of the Vande Bharat express that includes the supply of complete seating systems for 22 train sets, with 16 coaches in each train set. "These are specially designed seats, which can rotate 180 degrees and have aircraft-style passenger amenities. This is first-in-India' kind of a supply, which will be executed over 12 months starting September 2022," Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President, Technology & New Materials Business, Tata Steel, told PTI. "Composites industry in India is dominated by institutional businesses and is largely dependent on infrastructure, industrial and

Jaishankar lauds Vande Bharat Mission, says 'good to hear appreciation'

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday lauded the Indian foreign policy and said that it was "good to hear appreciation" and discussed how the "world perceives India"

Rlys electrification: More power on rail network to run Vande Bharat trains

The railways will infuse more power on its network to make it ready for the high speed and more energy consuming 'Vande Bharat' trains, according to an order issued by the Railway Board

Railway Minister Vaishnaw announces flagging off 4 Vande Bharat trains

This is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on Independence Day last year that 75 new Vande Bharat trains would come up to mark the country's 75 years of independence

Expect breakthrough in Vande Bharat export efforts: RITES CMD Rahul Mithal

'From the last lot of coaches and diesel electric multiple units exported to Sri Lanka, we are expecting a revenue of close to Rs 100 crore'

Vande Bharat gets back on track after myriad controversies, vigilance probe

It is this huge business that, the government is hoping, may change the future of the Indian Railways and put the country on a faster development track'

TMS Ep117: Ukraine crisis, commodity price, Sanjiv Bajaj, Vande Bharat

How will the Ukraine crisis affect Asian economies? Will commodity price rally sustain this week? What is Sanjiv Bajaj's plan to digitise his business? What is Vande Bharat mission? All answers here

What is Vande Bharat mission?

Last week, an Air India plane, under the Vande Bharat Mission, evacuated 240 Indians before the Ukrainian airspace was shut for air traffic. Here's what you should know about Vande Bharat Mission

Union Minister Piyush Goyal welcomes Indian students returning from Ukraine

Goyal on Saturday received the Indian students who landed in Mumbai by an Air India flight following evacuation from Ukraine

Story in Numbers: Vande Bharat Mission comes to rescue emigrants

Although the world is still not Covid-19-free, employment in the Gulf continues to be the mainstay for many in India

Budget 2022: 400 new Vande Bharat trains to be introduced, says FM

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Vande Bharat Mission: Over 7 lakh workers back from Gulf nations, says govt

The government will continue to make this its priority in engagement with the Gulf nations, Jaishankar said

Vande Bharat: 'World's largest' repatriation mission amid pandemic

The Vande Bharat Mission was started in early May last year to evacuate Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus-induced travel restrictions.Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri informed that more than 9 million people have been facilitated under the Vande Bharat Mission so far. Watch the Vande Bharat journey so far in this video.

9 mn people facilitated under Vande Bharat Mission so far: Hardeep Puri

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri informed that more than 9 million people have been facilitated under the Vande Bharat Mission so far