CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mini Vande Bharat Express : Railway passengers could soon travel in the mini version of the high-speed Vande Bharat Express train. With 8 coaches, the mini version of Vande Bharat is expected to launch by March or April 2023 the design for the train with seating arrangement is almost final.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -These aluminum-made sleeper version trains, however, will run at a speed of 200 km per hour on the tracks, they said. The chair car Vande Bharat Express trains will replace Shatabdi Express in a phased manner, while the sleeper version is going to be an alternative to Rajdhani Express trains, they said.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Train 20 (sleeper class Vande Bharath Express) is a proposed semi-high-speed, long-distance electric multiple unit (EMU) train which is supposed to be designed to replace the Rajdhani Express fleet of the Indian Railways.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.