CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -In the General Budget (2021-22), Rs. 225 crores has been allotted for this project. In India, the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line (also known as Mumbai–Kolkata line) is a railway line connecting Kolkata and Mumbai via Nagpur. It is a 1, 968-kilometre-long railway line.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Union Budget 2022, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that four hundred new-generation Vande Bharat Express trains will be developed and manufactured during the next three years.