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title: "India's fastest indigenous train \"Train 18\" was renamed as?"  
description: "India's fastest indigenous train \"Train 18\" was renamed as?"  
author: "Rahul Roi"  
published: 2019-06-18  
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#  India's fastest indigenous train "Train 18" was renamed as?

India's [fastest](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4819/10-fastest-animals-in-the-world) [indigenous](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35841/how-did-the-indigenous-population-win-the-war-of-1812) train "Train 18" was [renamed as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38494/which-district-of-haryana-has-been-renamed-as-gurugram-by-the-haryana-government)

## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**“Vande Bharat Express” is the new name given to India’s fastest indigenous train, ‘Train 18’.**

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**Vande Bharat Express runs between [Varanasi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/28/flyover-collapse-in-varanasi-an-accident-or-mishandling-by-authorities) and Delhi and it will cover about 755 km distance in 8 hours** with only **two stoppages i.e. at Kanpur and [Prayagraj](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32640/why-is-allahabad-called-prayagraj)**. The name Vande Bharat has been changed after taking suggestion from the general public. The train has been **built completely in India by Indian [Engineers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31951/in-which-decade-was-the-american-institute-of-electrical-engineers-aiee-founded) in a time-period of 18 months** and it is has been a great example put forward that it is possible to make **world-class trains in India under the name ‘[Made in India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37631/which-are-the-most-important-change-made-in-india-after-narendra-modi-became-pm-of-india)’.** \
Vande Bharat Express is presently the fastest train on the route. Before this, the fastest train took around 11-and-a-half-hours to complete the journey from Varanasi to [Delhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52130/who-has-address-the-17th-investiture-ceremony-of-border-security-force-bsf-in-new-delhi). The **maximum operating speed of the train is 160 kmph**. However, the **self-propelled state-of-the-art train set hit the 180 kmph speed mark during its trials**, and make it the fastest train on the Indian [Railways](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47738/what-is-bearing-capacity-of-soil-and-how-it-is-checked) network. \
**Vande Bharat Express is an Engine-less train and is a 16-coach** all air-conditioned train set which promotes of several new features such as; automatic entry/exit doors with sliding footsteps, European-style comfortable seats, fully sealed gangways for easy movement, modular bio-toilets, rotating seats in the Executive class, car-style forward reclining feature for better leg-room for fellow passengers, aircraft-like diffused LED lighting etc. \
**The total [manufacturing](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39614/government-of-which-state-banned-manufacturing-distribution-sale-purchase-display-and-advertisement-of-electronic-cigarettes) cost of this new Made in India train is Rs 97 crore**. It is considered a successor to the 30-year-old Shatabdi Express and is also termed as ‘Shatabdi-killer’. The **train has been flag-off by the [Prime Minister](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30440/the-race-to-become-britain-s-new-prime-minister) ‘[Narendra Modi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/342/who-is-narendra-modi)’ on February 15, 2019.**


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