Passengers who had booked tickets to travel on the Vande Bharat Express towards Tirupati became restive and engaged in heated arguments with South Central Railway (SCR) officials at Secunderabad station after the train, with a scheduled departure time of 6.15 a.m. on Monday, arrived at the station six hours late around 12 noon.
Senior railway officials said a snag in the undergear spring equipment was detected during a maintenance check and the top portion had to be detached to replace the defective part of the chair car coach C-2 at the yard. This process, they said, took much time.
The train finally left the station around 12.15 p.m. and is scheduled to reach Tirupati only by 8 p.m., wheras the normal arrival time in Tirupati is 2.30 p.m.
