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“Video of an illuminated Tejas Express train travelling from Mumbai to Goa”
Social media posts Claim dated 3 Jan 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The video shared in the post shows the first official run of the ‘Train fo Lights 2021’, an annual Christmas event conducted by the ‘Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat’ company in Devon, UK. This illuminated train journey starts at Queen’s Park station in Paignton. This video has nothing to do with the 2022 New Year celebrations in India

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 3 January 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 January 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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