Vande Bharat Accident: Train collides with cattle near Atul station in Gujarat, third such incident this month

Vande Bharat Train Accident: The Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train has met with an accident on Saturday morning, October 29. The incident happened near Atul station in Gujarat when the superfast express rammed into cattle that came on to the track.  

The train was on its journey from Mumbai Central to Gandhinagar and this accident caused a delay of 20 minutes in reaching the destination. 

According to a railway official, the incident occurred at 08:17 am and the train was detained for about 15 minutes. 

"A cattle runover incident occurred with passing Vande Bharat train today near Atul in Mumbai Central division at 8.17 am. The train was on its journey from Mumbai Central to Gandhinagar. Following the incident, the train was detained for about 15 minutes: Indian Railways," ANI tweeted. 

A cattle runover incident occurred with passing Vande Bharat train today near Atul in Mumbai Central division at 8.17 am. The train was on its journey from Mumbai Central to Gandhinagar. Following the incident, the train was detained for about 15 minutes: Indian Railways pic.twitter.com/b6UoP3XrVe

— ANI (@ANI) October 29, 2022

Railway sources said the incident left the train's front panel damaged and dented the underbelly equipment of its first coach. 

This is the third such incident involving this semi-high-speed train so far this month, as per the PTI report. 

"The train did not suffer any operational damage. It resumed further journey in 20 minutes," said Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of Western Railway, adding that all the passengers onboard the train were safe. 

On October 6, four buffaloes were killed after being hit by this train on its way to Gandhinagar from Mumbai between Vatva and Maninagar railway stations in Gujarat. Its nose panel had to be replaced overnight due to the damage, PTI said. In the second such incident that occurred the next day (October 7), the train had hit a cow near Anand in Gujarat while on its way to Mumbai. 

The indigenously designed and manufactured semi-high-speed train, the third service under the Vande Bharat series, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 30 from Gandhinagar Capital and it started the commercial run from the next day, said PTI. 

(With PTI Inputs)