Vande Bharat-Indian Railways is going to make the journey of Vande Bharat Express more convenient. In this sequence, now Vande Bharat sleeper train is going to run on the track. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told News18 Hindi its deadline.
Vande Bharat sleeper train Vande Bharat Express has become a favorite of the passengers. Due to convenient travel, the occupancy rate of trains running on most of the routes is quite good. Indian Railways is going to make the journey of this train more convenient. In this sequence, now Vande Bharat sleeper train is going to run on the track. Its deadline is also almost fixed.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told News18 Hindi the deadline for Vande Bharat sleeper to come on track. He said that the sleeper Vande Bharat train will start running by March 2024. This Vande Bharat will be better decorated. Traveling with this will have its own unique experience.
All the currently running Vande Bharat Expresses are chair car only, that is, one can travel sitting in it. These trains return to the same stations from where they originate at night. Now Railways is going to make the journey of Vande Bharat more convenient. There is a plan to run them like a capital. This means that Vande Bharat sleeper will travel a long distance. Now these will run at night, in which passengers will be able to travel while sleeping.
According to the Railway Ministry, the first sleeper Vande Bharat Sleeper will be manufactured by ICF Chennai only. Its sleeper coach will be slightly different from Rajdhani and other premium trains. In this, each coach will have three toilets instead of four. Along with this, a mini pantry will also be made.
There will be a total of 823 berths in a sleeper Vande Bharat train. It will have 823 berths for passengers and 34 berths for staff. The prototype of sleeper Vande Bharat will be ready by December 2023.
Present specialty of Vande Bharat Express
The new Vande Bharat Express is light and can accelerate to 100 km in just 52 seconds. At present, all Vande Bharat trains are fully air-conditioned and have automatic doors. The chair of Vande Bharat train can be rotated up to 180 degrees. The train has GPS based information system, CCTV cameras, vacuum toilets. It also has a provision for power backup. This train is equipped with safety shield. Full care has been taken to ensure that passengers feel safe during the journey. It also has the facility of push button stop. In case of any emergency the train can be stopped by pressing a button
