Prime Minister Narendra Modi flaged-off Vande Bharat Express on 15th February, 2019 from the New Delhi Railway Station.

• It is India's first engineless train.
• The train has been manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai and has become India's fastest train.
• It hit the speed of over 180 kmph during a trial run at the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani route.Earlier, it was named Train 18.