The government has already informed that work is on to prepare 475 Vande Bharat trains in the next three years. It is expected that most of it can start in the next financial year.
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In the coming times, it is going to be common for Vande Bharat train to pass through every part of the country. In fact, in the next budget, the government can gift 300 to 400 Vande Bharat to passengers, not ten or twenty. Economic Times has reported quoting sources that the government will announce 400 Vande Bharat in the budget. In fact, 400 trains were approved in the last budget, it is expected that the announcement related to starting 300 to 400 of these can be made in this budget. At the same time, according to the report, the Railway Ministry official said that this year there is a possibility that the budget support for the Railways may reach a record level. According to the official, this time’s budget can cross last year’s 1.37 lakh crores. If this happens, then this will be the biggest budget ever received by the Railways.
475 Vande will run in India in 3 years
On the other hand, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said on Thursday that work is going on on the plan to prepare 475 Vande Bharat trains in the next three years. The minister said at the Times Now Summit that the bullet train will be fully operational by 2026. He said, we are moving towards achieving the target of running 475 Vande Bharat trains. In the last budget, 400 trains were approved and before that 75 trains had been approved. We will achieve the target in the coming three years. On the question of time and cost overrun of the ambitious bullet train project, the minister said that the technology and preliminary design stage for such a train is very complex. He said, “…we have made a track of about 110 km. The train will be fully operational by 2026.
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