Varanasi Vande Bharat Express Suffers 'Jammed Wheel', Halted Near Bulandshahr: Indian Railways

Vande Bharat Express: the traction motor of the Varanasi-bound Vande Bharat Express train jammed and halted at Wair Railway Station near Bulandshahr.

Varanasi Vande Bharat rake has suffered a failure due to a bearing defect in the Traction Motor.

Source : ANI

The traction motor of a Varanasi-bound Vande Bharat Express train jammed and halted on Saturday morning at Wair Railway Station near Bulandshahr, news agency ANI reported. Reports said that ground staff detected the fault and alerted the operations control room to halt the train.

Varanasi Vande Bharat rake has suffered a failure due to a bearing defect in the Traction Motor of C8 coach between the Dankaur and Wair stations of North Central Railway. The bearing jam was rectified with the assistance of NCR team: Indian Railways pic.twitter.com/STOUgAYbET

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2022

The Indian Railways have said that the Vande Bharat Express suffered a bearing defect in the traction motor of c 8 coach between Dankaur and Wair stations of North Central Railway (NCR), ANI reported. 

"All passengers deboarded, shifted to Shatabdi Express rake for their onwards journey": Officials, news agency PTI reported. 

New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express taken out of operation today after it suffered snag in traction motor that jammed its wheels, damaged their perfect roundness. All passengers deboarded, shifted to Shatabdi Express rake for their onwards journey: Officials

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 8, 2022

However, due to the development of a flat tyre of 80 mm, the train has been moved at a restricted speed of 20 kmph up to Khurja. Replacement rake, departed from NDLS at 10:45 hrs has reached Khurja. Transshipment of passengers is being done at Khurja: Indian Railways

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2022

The ministry further added that, "A joint team of 6 officers of NR and NCR headed by ADRM OP Delhi is at the site to monitor the situation and assist in transshipment. Detailed investigation of the failure will be done after taking the rake back to the maintenance depot," ANI reported. 

A joint team of 6 officers of NR and NCR headed by ADRM OP Delhi is at the site to monitor the situation and assist in transshipment. Detailed investigation of the failure will be done after taking the rake back to the maintenance depot: Indian Railways

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2022

The Vande Bharat Express has been making headlines for the past two days. The train rammed into cattle for the second time in two days on Friday, causing minor damage to the train's front end, news agency PTI reported.

(With Inputs From Agencies)