January 27, 2019 6:05 PM

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India's fastest indigenous train renamed as Vande Bharat Express

<span style="color: #222222;">India's fastest indigenous train which will run from Delhi to Varanasi has been named as Vande Bharat Express. Briefing media in New Delhi today, Minister for Raliways Piyush Goyal said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the semi high-speed train soon. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, it was named Train 18 and now it has been given a new name after taking suggestions from the general public. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, It is a train built completely in India by Indian engineers in a span of 18 months and it is an example that it is possible to make world-class trains under Make in India. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Goyal said, The Minister said, the 16-coach train has been built by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai and cover the distance in 8 hours. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, it is also energy efficient and the first locomotive-less train in the country. Mr Goyal said, the train will be fully air-conditioned and will stop at Kanpur and Allahabad. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, it will have two executive chair cars and it will have a superior quality of air suspension for the comfortable journey of the passengers.   </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Goyal said he has requested the Railway Board to scale up its production to reduce its overall cost and once the country will have surplus production, it will be exported as well.</span><br />

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