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BBC reports:
The Hindustani Times has more details:India's fastest train has broken down on its first trip, a day after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi. The Indian-built semi high-speed Vande Bharat Express was returning to the capital Delhi from the city of Varanasi after its first outing when brakes in a carriage reportedly jammed.
Indian media quoted a railways spokesperson as saying the train may have struck cattle on the line
I assume "engine-less train 18" means an EMU, which is something new for long-distance trains in India. And Varanasi is better knows as Benares.Indian Railways flagship semi-high speed train, the Vande Bharat Express, broke down early on Saturday morning, a day after it was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The engine-less Train 18 was on its way back from Varanasi after its first run. The breakdown happened near Tundla, around 200 km from Delhi, in what the railways are claiming to be a possible cattle hit. The train was returning from Varanasi at night and it was not a scheduled commercial run.
Due to one of the cattle coming under the train’s wheel, the communication system of the last coach broke down affecting the train’s control management system which stopped working.
The coach was isolated and the train resumed its journey at 8.15am.