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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. India’s first indigenously built engineless semi-high speed train, Train 18, has been renamed ‘Vande Bharat Express’. The train is set to run between Delhi and Varanasi at a maximum speed of 160 kmph. It is regarded as a successor to the Shatabdi Express.

Detailed explanation-2: -Manufacturing first set. The manufacturing of “Train-2018” was completed in October 2018. During the test runs, the train achieved an operational speed of 180 km/h. According to speed certificates for LHB coach trains on the RDSO website, India ran its first test run at this speed with an LHB coach train in 2000.

Detailed explanation-3: -Train 18 is the first engine-less and made-in-India train: The train was completed in Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, and all done within 18 months. 2.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. Acknowledging its made-in-India status, the Indian Railways has named the indigenously manufactured Train 18 as Vande Bharat Express. Vande Bharat Express is set to run between Delhi and Varanasi at a maximum speed of 160kmph.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Train 18 will now be known as Vande Bharat Express. It’s a train built completely in India by Indian engineers, in a span of 18 months. It’ll ply from Delhi to Varanasi.