The Vande Bharat Express, India's first semi-high speed train, began its first commercial run on Sunday, a day after it broke down on its way to Delhi from Varanasi.
The train's 'tickets sold out for the next two weeks already. Get yours today!' tweeted railway minister Piyush Goyal.
In a detailed press release issued on Saturday night, the railways said that while returning from Varanasi to Delhi on Saturday, the train was stopped at Chamraula station of National Capital Region, about 18 km after crossing Tundla station. 'There was an issue of communication between the last basic unit of 4 coaches and the rest of the train probably due to some external hit. Thereafter, safety features in the train applied brakes. The train was checked for faults and moved to Delhi,' it said.
The express had left Varanasi junction for Delhi at 10.30 pm on Friday, nearly 45 minutes after reaching the pilgrim town on its inaugural journey.
'It was a case of skidding wheels after the train ran over cattle,' Northern Railway CPRO Deepak Kumar had said earlier.
In a war of words over the train last night, Congress president Rahul Gandhi had tweeted, 'Modi ji, I think Make in India needs a serious rethink. Most people feel it has failed. I assure you we in the Congress are thinking very deeply about how it will be done.'
In a quick response, Goyal tweeted: 'Such a shame that you choose to attack the hard work and ingenuity of Indian engineers, technicians and labourers. It is THIS mindset which needs a reset. 'Make In India' is a success and a part of crores of Indian lives. Your family had 6 decades to think, wasn't that enough?