Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has stated that the Vande Bharat sleeper trains will start operation in six months.
He was speaking after unveiling the Vande Bharat coaches variant at the Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) facility in Bengaluru. Were comfortable with Vande Bharat trains, the lower income groups were comfortable with Amrit Bharat trains. Indian Railways have placed orders of 100 Amrit Bharat trains, he said.
The Vande Bharat train has three versions–a chair car, sleeper and metro. So far, the government has launched the chair car version of the Vande Bharat trains.
The railway minister said, “Now, its furnishing work will happen. Manufacturing carbody is the most difficult work. We will discuss how to scale it up further.”
