New Delhi: Train 18, the fastest train of Indian Railways was pelted with stones by some miscreants during a trial run between Delhi and Agra on Thursday.
According to ICF spokesperson G V Venkatesan the window of one of the coaches was damaged after the miscreants pelted stones at the Rs 100-crore train.
Meanwhile, the Railways appealed to the public to desist from damaging railway property that has been essentially made for their convenience.
Train 18, the country’s first engineless train which has been manufactured by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, recently became India’s fastest train by hitting speeds of over 180 kmph during a trial run on a section of the Delhi-Rajdhani route.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the train on December 29. Train 18 will replace Shatabdi trains and will run between Delhi and Varanasi.
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