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New Delhi: The semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train, which has been in news for the past few days for two cattle-hit incidents, on Saturday suffered a glitch in a traction motor that jammed its wheels.
The New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express was taken out of operation after the snag in the motor damaged the wheel’s perfect roundness, a situation officials described as “flat tyre”.
The Varanasi-bound train departed from New Delhi station at its scheduled time of 6 am but it had to be withdrawn at Khurja station in Uttar Pradesh, just after travelling about 90 km.
All the 1,068 passengers were deboarded and moved to a Shatabdi Express for their onwards journey, news agency PTI reported.
”Varanasi Vande Bharat rake (Train no. 22436) has suffered a failure due to bearing defect in Traction Motor of C8 coach between Dankaur and Wair stations of North Central Railway,” the Railways said in a statement.
“The bearing jam was rectified with assistance of NCR team….