Union Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday, has said that trial run for Vande Bharat Express between New Delhi and Katra has been completed. train would make its debut on route during festival of Navaratri which is starting on September 29.

Piyush Goyal tweeted, “I am very glad to inform that modern 'Make In India' product, second Vande Bharat Express has completed its trial run between New Delhi and Katra (holy place of Goddess Vaish Devi). train will start for passengers in Navaratri. Jai Mata Di."

Here is Railway Minister's tweet: 

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40 such trains with sleeper class versions to be ready by 2022

second Vande Bharat Express, which will run on high traffic Delhi-Katra route, will begin operations before festival season, Railway Board Chairman Vid Kumar Yadav said on Tuesday, adding that 40 such trains with sleeper class versions will be ready by 2022. While Delhi-Katra train will have modifications like more comfortable seats and pantry , ors, for which bidding process will begin next month, will weigh less, consume lesser energy, and will be fit for sleeper coaches, Yadav said. " Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express has completed all trials and will be run before festival season begins from October," he said.

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high-speed train, which currently offers only chair car service, will bring down travel time between Delhi and Katra, last station on way to Vaish Devi temple, to eight hours from present 12 hours. first Vande Bharat Express or Train 18 was launched on Delhi-Varanasi route. Piyush Goyal also shared a list of 35 railway stations where Wi-Fi service was made available, on Tuesday. He also mentioned about Bio-toilets. He tweeted that last week, 1,155 Bio-toiles were installed, raising total number to 2,22,336 in 62,222 coaches.

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