India, Nov. 22 -- Bizzare it may sound, but indeed its true, the man who worked tirelessly for almost two years to shape first semi-high speed, modern-looking and dynamic to give a sophisticated train experience to Indians then named as 'Train-18' to be rechristened as Vande Bharat Express later, made his maiden journey in a Vande Bharat Express route on November 20, 2025 which is almost seven years after the first Vande Bharat Express rolled out between New Delhi to Varanasi on February 15, 2019 flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The train was conceptualised in the year 2016 after a push by PMO to be delivered by 2018, hence the name was coded as Train-18. The gargantuan task of delivering with indigenous technology was taken ...