Vande Bharat runs into trouble yet again; hits animal and motorcycle within a few hours

[d00od00o]

India is like this only...

Vande Bharat runs into trouble yet again; hits animal and motorcycle within a few hours
Vande Bharat or Train 18 hit a motorcycle at 5:05 PM and an animal at 8:18 PM on Wednesday when it was making a return journey from Varanasi to New Delhi.
Nandita Natrajkumar

Vande Bharat, also known as Train 18IANS
The engineless train Vande Bharat seems to be running into one trouble after the other and in a span of a few hours on February 20 it first hit a motorcycle and then an animal. This occurred within a week of its inauguration. A day before its first commercial run, the semi-high speed train had hit a herd of cattle which resulted in the malfunction of one of its coaches.

The most recent incident happened on Wednesday when the train hit a motorcycle at 5:05 PM an animal at 8:18 PM. According to India Today, Vande Bharath, also known as Train 18, was making a trip from Varanasi to New Delhi when it hit an animal between Barthana and Ekdil railways stations near Tundla in Uttar Pradesh.

Due to this, the train had to come to a halt for 40 minutes at the spot of the incident for the engineer to thoroughly inspect the locomotive and ensure that it was working fine. At 8:59 PM, the train resumed its journey for a little over an hour after which it again came to a halt at 10:23 PM for another round of inspection. This took 17 minutes. The train again came to a halt for 10 minutes to check on the air pipe.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi after ianuguration Train 18 in New DelhiSTR/AFP/Getty Images
A few hours earlier, the train badly damaged a motorbike after a man illegally crossing a railway junction left his vehicle on the tracks when he saw the train approaching. The train was halted for 17 minutes to ensure its safety as well as the passengers'. The incident occurred near the Phaphamau, which is 42 km from Allahabad.

"The train hit a motorcycle, which was abandoned by its owner on the tracks as he saw the train approaching while illegally trespassing on the tracks. While the vehicle has completely been damaged, the Vande Bharat Express suffered none. No one was injured and the train will run as per schedule," Northern Railway Spokesperson Deepak Kumar was quoted as saying by PTI.

Vande Bharat was also subject to stone pelting on Wednesday morning near Tundla in Uttar Pradesh. This is not the first time stones were thrown at it. Two other incidents of stone pelting had resulted in damaged window panes.

Vande Bharat Express begins commercial run

 

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This is great engineering. Within 18m putting out a train. Even China cannot.

What is the complaint? Someone kept a motorcycle on track and it hit? Hmm.. wonder what China trains do. Jump over is it?

 

[srshkmr]

India is like this only...

Vande Bharat runs into trouble yet again; hits animal and motorcycle within a few hours
Vande Bharat or Train 18 hit a motorcycle at 5:05 PM and an animal at 8:18 PM on Wednesday when it was making a return journey from Varanasi to New Delhi.
Nandita Natrajkumar

Vande Bharat, also known as Train 18IANS
The engineless train Vande Bharat seems to be running into one trouble after the other and in a span of a few hours on February 20 it first hit a motorcycle and then an animal. This occurred within a week of its inauguration. A day before its first commercial run, the semi-high speed train had hit a herd of cattle which resulted in the malfunction of one of its coaches.

The most recent incident happened on Wednesday when the train hit a motorcycle at 5:05 PM an animal at 8:18 PM. According to India Today, Vande Bharath, also known as Train 18, was making a trip from Varanasi to New Delhi when it hit an animal between Barthana and Ekdil railways stations near Tundla in Uttar Pradesh.

Due to this, the train had to come to a halt for 40 minutes at the spot of the incident for the engineer to thoroughly inspect the locomotive and ensure that it was working fine. At 8:59 PM, the train resumed its journey for a little over an hour after which it again came to a halt at 10:23 PM for another round of inspection. This took 17 minutes. The train again came to a halt for 10 minutes to check on the air pipe.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi after ianuguration Train 18 in New DelhiSTR/AFP/Getty Images
A few hours earlier, the train badly damaged a motorbike after a man illegally crossing a railway junction left his vehicle on the tracks when he saw the train approaching. The train was halted for 17 minutes to ensure its safety as well as the passengers'. The incident occurred near the Phaphamau, which is 42 km from Allahabad.

"The train hit a motorcycle, which was abandoned by its owner on the tracks as he saw the train approaching while illegally trespassing on the tracks. While the vehicle has completely been damaged, the Vande Bharat Express suffered none. No one was injured and the train will run as per schedule," Northern Railway Spokesperson Deepak Kumar was quoted as saying by PTI.

Vande Bharat was also subject to stone pelting on Wednesday morning near Tundla in Uttar Pradesh. This is not the first time stones were thrown at it. Two other incidents of stone pelting had resulted in damaged window panes.

Vande Bharat Express begins commercial run

Lol, Desperation to troll is highest ever I guess. When the motorcycle is left in tracks it is supposed to hit them.

"The train hit a motorcycle, which was abandoned by its owner on the tracks as he saw the train approaching while illegally trespassing on the tracks. While the vehicle has completely been damaged, the Vande Bharat Express suffered none." highlighted some key points for you.

 

[I S I]

I guess they should put an "L" in Vande for the right reflection of the Make in India train.

 

[maximuswarrior]

LOL You can have the best trains and transportation in the world. When you have animal and human chaos like India has every project is doomed to fail. It is like dressing up a donkey with an Armani suit.

 

[newb3e]

every new technology fails and fined tuned this is a good development by India!

 

[Yaseen1]

i think orange line train is far better than this indian crap

 

[GS Zhou]

What is the complaint? Someone kept a motorcycle on track and it hit? Hmm.. wonder what China trains do. Jump over is it?

the train itself can do very few things if a cow or motorcycle is on the track. Hence a better idea is to make the track to be isolated from other normal roads. For example, to put the railway track on a bridge.

Benefits of doing so include:
- less land is used by the railway track, hence land-claim cost could be reduced
- the roads/highways on the ground not be interrupted
- Better sediment control
- The railway track be isolated from the normal roads, hence no animal or motorcycle on the track (as the Indian case example)
- Gradient control, this is in particularly important to heavy haul railway line (e.g. train heavier than 20,000 ton), or to high speed rail (e.g. >300kmh speed)

A Chinese railway example:

@AndrewJin

 

[d00od00o]

the train itself can do very few things if a cow or motorcycle is on the track. Hence a better idea is to make the track to be isolated from other normal roads. For example, to put the railway track on a bridge.

Benefits of doing so include:
- less land is used by the railway track, hence land-claim cost could be reduced
- the roads/highways on the ground not be interrupted
- Better sediment control
- The railway track be isolated from the normal roads, hence no animal or motorcycle on the track (as the Indian case example)
- Gradient control, this is in particularly important to heavy haul railway line (e.g. train heavier than 20,000 ton), or to high speed rail (e.g. >300kmh speed)

A Chinese railway example:

@AndrewJin

This is far beyond India's capabilities. You see, India doesn't remember how to build such primitive structures because it has been using teleportation and spaceships for thousands of years.