According to a press release issued by Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, a popular service since its launch in February 2019, currently 10 Vande Bharat trains are operational and connecting 108 districts across 17 states
At an event at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai, Modi first flagged off the the CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express and later another semi high-speed train linking the financial capital to Sainagar Shirdi temple town in Ahmednagar district
Vande Bharat 2.0 is equipped with several advancements and improved features over its previous version and can sprint from 0 to 100 kilometres per hour in just 52 seconds, and has a maximum speed of up to 180 kilometres per hour.