CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Named as the Tiger Express by Semi Luxury Tourist Train, the first ever journey of this train was flagged off from 5 June 2016 that also happens to be World Environment Day. The package offers tourists a ride by Rajdhani-type train and AC road transportation through regions with tiger trails.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vande Metro Train: After Vande Bharat Express, Indian Railways to introduce indigenously designed Vande Metro in 2023. Vaishnaw stressed that Vande Metro trains are being built considering the need of the middle-class and the poor. Vande Metro train would roll out in December 2023.

Detailed explanation-3: -Along with this, the version is also being tested by the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety at a speed of 180 kmph. The first edition of the new Vande Bharat train started running on September 30, 2022 from Gandhinagar, Gujarat to Mumbai Central, Maharashtra and has received the people’s approval.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Inaugural run of the above trains will be on 03.11. 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -It has now been nearly two centuries since the first train was launched in India in 1853 from the first railway station in India, named Bori Bunder in Mumbai.