New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday informed the Parliament that around 164 Vande Bharat train services having chair cars are operational on the Indian Railways network.

The introduction of new train services, including Vande Bharat Express services and its variants, is an ongoing process on Indian Railways which depends on various factors which include Capacity of that section; availability of path; availability of required rolling stock; availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock; maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets.

In 2020, with a view to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Railways (IR) had discontinued the operation of all regular passenger-carr...