Team News Riveting
Gandhinagar, October 6
Vande Bharat Superfast Express met with an accident after it collided with a herd of buffaloes in Gujarat Thursday morning.
The front portion of the train was damaged in the accident. The semi-high-speed train between Gandhinagar and Mumbai was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a few days ago. The train was on its way from Mumbai to Gandhinagar.
According to railway officials, the incident occurred around 11 am between Batwa and Maninagar, ahead of Ahmedabad. A herd of buffaloes crashed into the train, damaging its nose (the front part), the officials said, adding that no functional part of the train was damaged.
Vande Bharat Express is an indigenously designed semi-High speed self-propelled train with 16 coaches. Within 140 seconds, it accelerates to a speed of 160 kmph and it has better riding comfort for passengers at 3.5 (riding index). The train is equipped with Kavach (train collision avoidance system) safety system.
