The broken nostril cone of the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train was replaced on the Coach Care Centre in Mumbai Central a day after it was broken
The broken nostril cone of the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train was replaced on the Coach Care Centre in Mumbai Central a day after it was broken
The entrance portion of the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train, which was damaged after hitting some buffaloes in Gujarat, has been replaced right here by the railway authorities, an official stated on Friday.
The nostril of the newly-launched Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train had suffered harm after it hit a herd of buffaloes round 11.15 am on Thursday close to Ahmedabad, when the train was on its technique to Gandhinagar.
“The nose cone cover of the train’s driver coach along with its mounting brackets was damaged in the cattle-hit incident. However, the vital parts of the train remained unaffected. The damaged nose cone was replaced at the Coach Care Centre in Mumbai Central,” Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of the Western Railway stated.
The nostril cone was made up of FRP (fibre-reinforced plastic).
Ahmedabad: Photo of Vande Bharat Express train, working between Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar, reveals damages after a collision with a herd of buffaloes, on the railway line between the Gairatpur and Vatva station, in Ahmedabad district, Thursday, Ocober 6, 2022.
| Photo Credit: PTI
The incident had occurred between Vatva and Maninagar areas of Ahmedabad, however the train had lined the gap to Gandhinagar Capital station and again to Mumbai Central with out the panel on Thursday.
“The nose cover is designed to absorb the impact without transmitting the same to the functional parts of the train. Therefore, it is sacrificial by design and hence replaceable,” Mr. Thakur stated.
He stated {that a} adequate amount of nostril cones is saved as a spare.
“The damaged nose cone was replaced with a new one at the Mumbai Central depot in no time during the maintenance and the train was put back to service without any extra downtime. The train departed from Mumbai today without any inconvenience to the passengers,” he added.
The Western Railway is taking all crucial motion to stop such incidents in future, he stated.
The indigenously designed and manufactured semi-high-speed train, the third service below the Vande Bharat sequence, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 30 from Gandhinagar Capital and it began the business run from the following day.