Accidents involving Vande Bharat trains and cattle continue. On Saturday, the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Superfast Express rammed into cattle near Atul railway station in Gujarat, damaging its front panel. This was the third such incident since the Vande Bharat train service started on this route from September 30.
“The train halted for 15 minutes after hitting a bull that had strayed on the track around 8.20 am but all the passengers were safe, “ said Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of Western Railway.
The train’s front panel was damaged and the underbelly equipment of its first coach was also dented. “There is no damage to the train, except to the Nose Cone Cover of the front coach, that is the driver’s coach.