ADDITIONAL STANDBY VANDE BHARAT RAKE ARRIVED HOWRAH
Kolkata, October 17, 2023:
Eastern Railway has arranged for standby additional Vande Bharat rake keeping in view the replacement requirement for any technical glitches appears in Vande Bharat train rakes. Following the recent incidents of arranging alternative rake for Vande Bharat Express to facilitate safe journey of the passengers to their desired destination, Eastern Railway has appealed to the Railway Board for standby Vande Bharat rake which was readily accepted and accomplished. The feature-packed 16 coach standby Vande Bharat rake has already reached Howrah which can be utilized from tomorrow for running Howrah – New Jalpaiguri, Howrah – Puri or Howrah – Patna Vande Bharat Express trains when required.
Initially as much as Vande Bharat Express trains were introduced so that every state can get at least one Vande Bharat Express train. Howrah station of West Bengal is the most fortunate to get four (4) originating Vande Bharat Express trains in a row viz Howrah – New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express, Howrah – Puri Vande Bharat Express, Howrah – Patna Vande Bharat Express and Howrah – Ranchi Vande Bharat Express trains. Now even additional rake is available to utilize at Howrah end in case of emergency.
Eastern Railway always puts special emphasis to cater to the passenger needs for which a spare Vande Bharat rake has been arranged so that the passengers can get uninterrupted facility of high-level comfort while travelling in the scheduled Vande Bharat Express trains.
Shri Kausik Mitra, Chief Public Relations Officer/ Eastern Railway said that Eastern Railway puts all-out endeavour for arranging additional spare rake to be used to run Vande Bharat Express trains in any prevailing route from Howrah station as and when situation demands.
