Gurgaon: The Sabarmati-Gurgaon Vande Bharat Special (09401) did what no Vande Bharat has ever done before. It travelled nearly 1,400 km in 28 hours in a single journey.

Passengers on the train were not cheering the feat though. Neither were officials of the Indian Railways who were left red-faced by this “record”. According to Mid-Day, this was the result of an operational blunder that turned into a source of embarrassment for the flagship train and the railways. ADVERTISEMENT

When the train left Sabarmati, passengers were expecting a 898-km long 15-hour journey along the Sabarmati-Ajmer-Jaipur-Gurgaon route. However, the train got stranded near Mehsana, around 60 km from its originating station.

No, there was nothing wrong with the train. The pantographs on top just fell short of the

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