Who Will Drive Vande Bharat? Railway Staff Fight To Get Inside Agra-Udaipur Train, Video Is Viral

New Delhi: A scuffle erupted between railways staff from Agra and Kota over who will drive the new Vande Bharat train. The incident took place at the Gangapur railway station when the train had returned from Kota before continuing journey towards Agra.

A video of the incident has also surfaced on social media showing railway staff from Kota and Agra arguing over who will drive the semi high speed Vande Bharat train.

In the video, the drivers are seen trying to get inside the locomotive through the window. Several drivers were seen trying to get inside the locomotive and take the train forward.

The Vande Bharat train being talked here is the newly launched one between Agra and Udaipur, passes through the Kota Railway Division and then continues towards Agra.

Railways unveils Vande Bharat's sleeper train prototype 

Last week, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled the prototype version of the Vande Bharat sleeper coach at the BEML's facility.

The coach will undergo rigorous trials and tests for the next ten days before rolling it out on the track for further testing, Vaishnaw told reporters.

The train is expected to be open for passenger operation in the next three months, he added.

"After Vande Bharat chair cars, we were working on Vande Bharat sleeper cars. Its manufacturing has now been completed. This train will go out for the trial and testing from the BEML facility today," Vaishnaw said.

Once the prototypes of Vande Bharat sleeper cars are properly tested, then the series of production will start.

"We will start the series of production after one-and-half years. Then it will be like practically every month two to three trains will start rolling out," he added.

With inputs from PTI