Placeholder canvas

Train 18, India’s fastest train, pelted with stones during trial run

Date:

Train 18, India’s fastest train, was pelted with stones on Thursday during its trial run between Delhi and Agra.

Train 18, will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 29 likely from his constituency Varanasi.

ALSO READ: Govt’s new year gift to India; PM Modi to flag off the fastest train on Dec 29

A window of the train was damaged due to stone pelting. Manufactured by ICF Chennai, the train’s manufacturing cost is Rs. 100 crore.

After the incident, the Railways appealed to the public to desist from damaging railway property that has been essentially made for their convenience. India’s first engineless train, it will be replacing Shatabdi trains and will run between Delhi and Varanasi.

General Manager of the ICF tweeted, “Train 18 running at 180 km/h between Delhi and Agra at this time… Srinivas, the Chief Design Engineer of ICF is in the cab, they touched 181 kmh for record sake… Some vandal threw a stone breaking a glass, hope we nab him.”


Reportedly, the train will have two executive compartments which will have 52 seats each and trailer coaches will have 78 seats each.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

Orry Faces Backlash After Declining Handshake At Event

Internet sensation Orry, famed for his wild antics and...

From Deepfake Concerns To India’s AI Mission PM Modi Interacts With Bill Gates

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in a...

NewsMobile Morning Brief

Actor Govinda Joins Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena Ahead Of...

Gangster-Turned-Politician Mukhtar Ansari Dies Of Cardiac Arrest

Banda: Gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari passed away at...