The Era of Vande Bharat Trains : The Way Ahead For India’s Indigenous Semi High Speed Train

It was the occasion of Independence Day last year when prime minis ter Narendra Modi made an announcement that Vande Bharat trains will connect every part of the nation during the 75 weeks of the Amrit Mahotsav. With this announcement, 15th August, 2023 is the deadline for delivery of 75 Vande Bharat trains. Although, after the induction of thefirst Vande Bharat train into the fleet of the Indian Railways in the year 2019, only two were operating when the prime minister made many announcements