Ashwini Vaishnaw, the minister for railroads and communications, announced on Sunday that the Railways is producing the Vande Metro train to replace the ones created in the 1950s and 1960s.

• "These Vande Metro train will be manufactured in such large numbers that across the country, the trains which were of 1950s and 1960s designs will all be replaced" the minister said.
• The Union Minister emphasised that the middle class and the poor would receive service from these Vande Metro and that the high-end clientele was not the main focus. 
• Currently, the Railways is building 12 km of railway track per day, compared to just 4 km per day under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, which was led by the Congress from 2004 to 2014.