The second Vande Bharat train between
Varanasi and New Delhi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off at
2:15 pm on Monday, is saffron in colour and has multiple new features.
“This is the second saffron colour Vande
Bharat train which the Railway Ministry is going to launch in the country,” a
source in the Railway Ministry informed.
The Northern Railway, with its press
statement, also shared a photo of the train in saffron colour.
Besides, the NR said, “The train has
superior passenger amenities such as onboard Wi-Fi infotainment, GPS-based
passenger information system, plush interiors, bio-vacuum toilets with
touch-free conveniences, diffused LED lighting, and charging points beneath
every seat, individual touch-based reading lights and concealed roller blinds.”
“It has better heat ventilation and
air-conditioning system with UV lamp for germ-free supply of air. The
intelligent air-conditioning system adjusts the cooling according to the
climate conditions/occupancy,” the statement said.
On December 18, its inaugural run from
Varanasi to New Delhi will take place at 2:15 pm.
However, in normal course, the train
will start at 6:00 am from Varanasi to New Delhi for six days a week except on
Tuesday.
The train will reach New Delhi at 2:05
pm and depart for Varanasi after 55 minutes at 3:00 pm. It will reach its
destination station at 11:05 pm.
The first Vande Bharat train, which
currently runs between New Delhi and Varanasi, starts from Delhi at 6:00 am and
reaches its destination station at 2:00 pm.
It departs for New Delhi at 3:00 pm and
reaches the destination at 11:00 pm. It runs six days a week except Thursday.
The Railways launched its first
saffron-grey colour Vande Bharat train on September 24 between Kasaragod and
Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.
It was one of the nine Vande Bharat
trains that the prime minister flagged off on September 24 in a video
conference.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a
recent interaction with journalists had also dismissed the notion that there is
any politics behind launching orange or saffron-coloured Vande Bharat trains,
saying the choice of colours was informed by scientific thought.
“For human eyes, two colours are
supposed to be the most visible — yellow and orange. In Europe, almost 80 per
cent of trains have either orange or a combination of yellow and orange,” Vaishnaw
had said.
According to Vaishnaw, there are many
other colours, such as silver, which are bright like yellow and orange, but “if
we talk about it from the point of view of visibility to the human eye, these
two colours are considered to be the best”.
Vaishnaw asserted there is no politics
behind the colour of Vande Bharat trains and it is a 100 per cent scientific
thought.
PTI
