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印度首辆国产高铁运营第二天就抛锚，给出的理由有点尬！

India’s new high-speed train broke down on its first trip after hitting a cow on the tracks— just a day after it was launched. The Vande Bharat Express made its first journey from New Delhi to the Hindu holy city of Varanasi on Friday. But on its return the following day it collided with cattle causing the brakes to fail, according to Indian Railways. It comes after rail bosses were left red faced when they were laughed at for changing footage of the train on social media to make it look twice as fast.
Soon after the collision with the cow, the drivers noticed smoke coming from the last four carriages and the electricity stopped working. “The train later experienced technical issues and stopped on the way to Delhi,” Indian Railways spokeswoman Smita Vats Sharma said.
The accident is the latest controversy for the express train—considered as India’s fastest and a special project of Modi’s government. Last week India’s rail minister Piyush Goyal was also mocked after he tweeted a digitally changed video of the train passing by a station at lightning speed.
The Vande Bharat Express, considered as India’s fastest train, was built under the Modi government’s ambition “Make in India” programme. Cattle obstructions on roads and rail tracks are common in India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh state where Saturday’s collision happened. Since coming to office, Modi’s party stopped the killing of cows, which has led to a crisis in the number of cattle. India is struggling to upgrade its railway system, which relies on outdated infrastructure to transport 23 million travellers each day. The locally-made express train has a top speed of 180 kilometres an hour, 20 percent quicker than the next fastest train in service.