A drone video showcasing the Vande Bharat Express train navigating through the lush forests of Jharkhand has gained significant attention on social media. The footage was shared by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on his personal account, prompting widespread engagement online.
The footage is understood to be part of an ongoing trial run, part of the extensive testing every Vande Bharat rake goes through before being cleared for full commercial operation on a given route. Within hours of being posted, the video began doing the rounds across platforms, with users flooding the comments section with praise for both the scenic beauty of the region and the engineering behind the train itself. This isn’t the first time a Vande Bharat trial video has gone viral after being shared by the railway minister. the video adds to a growing series of similar clips that railway officials have used over the past few months to generate public interest ahead of new Vande Bharat rollouts While the exact route and division associated with this particular trial haven’t been officially detailed in the minister’s post.
Vaishnaw has, on multiple occasions, used his social media accounts to showcase aerial visuals of the train cutting through varied Indian terrain — from misty mountain passes to dense jungle belts — as part of a larger effort to build public excitement around the expanding Vande Bharat network, which now covers well over 150 routes across the country.
Sharing the video, Vaishnaw captioned it as a showcase of India’s “new generation trains,” tying it to the government’s broader push for indigenously built, high-speed rail technology under the Make in India initiative. Several users described the visual as a fitting symbol of a modernising Indian Railways, with some drawing parallels to the government’s “Viksit Bharat” (developed India) messaging — the idea of progress moving forward, quite literally, on tracks.
