Vande Bharat Express: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology on Monday knowledgeable that Surekha Yadav has turn into the first woman loco pilot of Vande Bharat Express. The Vande Bharat Express train was launched in 2019. The first Vande Bharat Express train was flagged off on February 15, 2019, on the New Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi route, as per an official report.Â
India’s first feminine train driverÂ
Surekha Yadav in 1988, grew to become India’s first feminine train driver. As per experiences, Yadav acquired the alternative to drive the first ‘Ladies Special’ native train when it was first launched in April 2000 in the 4 metro cities by Mamata Banerjee the then Railway Minister.Â
Momentous second for Surekha Yadav in March 2011Â
On March 8, 2011, Surekha Yadav as soon as once more succeeded in attaining a milestone when she grew to become Asia’s first woman train driver on International Women’s Day.Â
Vande Bharat Express TrainÂ
The Vande Bharat Express train was inaugurated and devoted to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 15, 2017. It has 16 air-conditioned coaches. All the coaches have a stainless-steel automobile physique geared up with automated doorways with sliding footsteps, onboard computer systems for train management and distant monitoring. The coaches even have a GPS-based audio-visual passenger info system, onboard hotspot Wi-Fi and comfy seating preparations.
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