Ultimate Luxury! Look What Is Inside The Vande Bharat Sleeper Version (Image:twitter/AshwiniVaishnaw)
Indian Railway is planning to introduce the sleeper version of Vande Bharat Express train by 2024 and the Union Minister on Tuesday released some amazing images of the concept design. The images detail ultimate opulence and amazing cleanliness.
The sleeper edition is expected to offer a luxury travel to passengers long distance overnight at speeds of 160 kilometres per hour. The train is designed of 16 bogies with a capacity of 887 passengers.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology, took to social media to share the images of the “Concept train – Vande Bharat (sleeper version)” which is expected to start running from early 2024.
Concept train – Vande Bharat (sleeper version)
Coming soon… early 2024 pic.twitter.com/OPuGzB4pAk
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) October 3, 2023
The details of the first sleeper version of the Vande Bharat was revealed by BG Mallya, the General Manager of Integral Coach Factory (ICF), on September. “We’ll be launching the sleeper version of the Vande Bharat within this financial year”, he then said to media.
The first train is under production monitored by ICF in Chennai, and is expected to be rolled out in March 2024. The train will allow passengers to travel long distances overnight. “There is a testing involved which takes time. But the train would be ready for launch by March”, Mr Mallya added.
The Vande Bharat Express is a short-distance train service operated by Indian Railways. Similar to Shatabdi Express, these are day train services that connect major Indian cities which are in a distance of less than a day’s time.
According to Mr Mallya, the new sleeper version is designed of 16 coaches including 11 three-tier coaches, 4 AC two-tier and 1 first AC. The train will be “cost effective”, and as informed “no other colour scheme has been conceived so far”.
ICF also informed that Vande metro train will also be ready by end of 2023. They will be rolled out in January or February of 2024.
#WATCH | Indian Railways to launch sleeper version of Vande Bharat Express
B G Mallya, General Manager of Integral Coach Factory says, “We”ll be launching the sleeper version of the Vande within this financial year. We”ll also be launching the Vande Metro in this financial year.… pic.twitter.com/49q61cScIb
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2023
