The Vande Bharat Express running between Mumbai Central to Gujarat’s Gandhinagar met with an accident on Thursday, the 6th of October.
According to sources, the train met with an accident, after a herd of buffalos came on track. In the accident, the front engine has been damaged which got repaired overnight at the coaching care centre in Mumba Central.
The accident took place between Vatva station and Maninagar in Gujarat after 3-4 Buffaloes suddenly came on the railway track and damaged the nose of the train. No functional part was damaged in the accident.
A railway spokesperson said the front part of the engine was damaged in the accident. “Three-four buffaloes suddenly came on the way of Mumbai-Gandhinagar VB (Vande Bharat), damaging the nose made up of FRP (fiber reinforced plastic).
According to sources, no passenger was injured in the incident that occurred around 11:15 am near Ahmedabad when the train was on its way to Gandhinagar and it reached the final destination four minutes early. Railway authorities were trying to counsel nearby villagers not to leave their cattle near the track, railway authorities said.
The driver of the train was fully alert. He immediately blew the train’s whistle and also applied brakes, but the reaction time was less. The CPRO said WR is going to undertake fencing work on the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad section to increase the speed of the train to 160 kmph and avoid such incidents in the future.
The fencing work is likely to be completed by March 2024. Another official said three buffaloes died in the incident.
The indigenously designed and manufactured semi-high speed train, the third service under the Vande Bharat series, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 30 from Gandhinagar Capital and its started the commercial run the next day.
Vande Bharat Express trains already run on Delhi-Varanasi and Delhi-Katra routes.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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