The New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express was taken out of operation on Saturday after it suffered a snag in a traction motor that jammed its wheels and damaged their perfect roundness, a situation officials described as “flat tyre”.
The officials said the semi-high speed train left New Delhi station at its scheduled time of 6:00 am but it had to be withdrawn at Khurja station in Uttar Pradesh, just after travelling about 90 km.
All the 1,068 passengers had to be deboarded and shifted to a Shatabdi Express rake brought from Delhi for their onwards journey, which started around 12:40 pm.
”Varanasi Vande Bharat rake (Train no 22436) has suffered a failure due to bearing defect in Traction Motor of C8 coach between Dankaur and Wair stations of North Central Railway,” the Railways said in a statement.
