Vande Bharat Train Wheels Airlifted To India, Trial Run In August
NDTV
A batch of 128 Vande Bharat wheels were transported from Ukraine to its neighbouring Romania by road and these are now being airlifted to India.
The first consignment of Vande Bharat train wheels has been airlifted to India from Romania, sources said on Thursday, adding that the trial run of the train has been delayed due to roadblocks in the procurement of wheels from the war-torn Ukraine and it will now be conducted in August instead of later this month.
A batch of 128 Vande Bharat wheels were transported from Ukraine to its neighbouring Romania by road and these are now being airlifted to India.
These will reach Chennai airport in three lots. The first, of around 42 wheels, arrived on Wednesday. The other two will reach the city on May 13 and May 14, sources said.
From Chennai, the wheels will be taken to the Hyderabad-based Medha Servo Drives, which won the contract for designing and manufacturing propulsion, control and other equipment required for the production of 44 rakes of Vande Bharat-type trainsets.
