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Vande Bharat Express launch: How fast is Train18?

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By CNBC-TV18 February 15, 2019, 8:19:15 AM IST (Updated)

Vande Bharat Express launch: How fast is Train18?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India's first engineless train, Vande Bharat Express on February 15 from the New Delhi Railway station.


Train 18, which was recently named Vande Bharat Express by railway minister Piyush Goyal, has been manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.

It became India's fastest train by hitting speeds of over 180 kmph during a trial run on a section of the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani route.