Vande Bharat Express hit by stray cattle in Valsad; Operation unharmed

October 29, 2022
Vande Bharat Express hit by stray cattle in Valsad; Operation unharmed

Valsad: The front nose of the Vande Bharat Express train was damaged after a Cattle runover incident near Atul in Valsad.

Railway ministry in statement said, “A cattle runover incident occurred with passing Vande Bharat train today near Atul in Mumbai Central division at 8.17 am. The train was on its journey from Mumbai Central to Gandhinagar. Following the incident, the train was detained for about 15 minutes. There is no damage to the train, except damage on nose cone cover of front coach i.e Driver coach. ”

“The train is running smoothly. This will be attended to at the earliest. In the cattle runover incident, one bull was hit.” said the statement.

This is a third incident of cattle hitting by Vande Bharat Express. However the railway minister had earlier explained that the train is designed in such a way and the train is so sturdy that nothing will happen if there’s an accident, and the frontal nose is replaceable.”

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