{"id":1194081,"date":"2022-01-06T13:20:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194081"},"modified":"2022-01-06T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:20:17","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-one-of-indias-tejas-express-trains-decorated-with-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-one-of-indias-tejas-express-trains-decorated-with-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show One Of India\u2019s Tejas Express Trains Decorated With Lights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-one-of-indias-tejas-express-trains-decorated-with-lights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194081&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/632272507593867\/posts\/1070566460431134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows colored lights decorating a Tejas Express train in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video shows a train in the U.K., not a Tejas Express train in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTejas Express\u201d refers to a series of semi-high-speed, fully air-conditioned trains operated by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation in India, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/tejas-express-timings-routes-ticket-fare-time-table#read-more#read-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Quint<\/a>. A video shared on Facebook on Dec. 31 claims to show one of the trains adorned with colored fluorescent lights passing below an overpass. What sounds like a child\u2019s voice can be heard cheering as the train moves by.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTejas Express, Goa to Mumbai Train,\u201d reads the video\u2019s caption.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/23\/fact-check-image-intelligence-agencies-meeting-delhi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show 5 Intelligence Agencies Meeting In Delhi, India?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video, however, was not filmed anywhere near India. Through a key word search, Check Your Fact found the same video was shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uNdCsPZ_dQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> on Dec. 2 by the U.K.-based <a href=\"https:\/\/swns.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South West News Service<\/a>. \u201cTrain covered in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS winds through UK village,\u201d reads the video\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<p>A Dec. 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlive.com\/news\/devon-news\/train-lights-2021-magical-footage-6303442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlive.com\/news\/devon-news\/train-lights-2021-magical-footage-6303442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DevonLive.com<\/a>, another U.K.-based news outlet, also included the footage of the train. The article reported the video was filmed by photographer Scott Williams in Goodrington, England and notes Williams was accompanied by his \u201cexcited toddler daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis video features the Train of Lights which is operated by the Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company (DRRC),\u201d Williams told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlive.com\/news\/devon-news\/train-lights-2021-magical-footage-6303442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DevonLive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the \u201cTrain of Lights\u201d can be found on the DRRC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211230145226\/https:\/\/www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk\/tickets\/christmas-train-of-lights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>, where tickets to ride the train were also sold. The website <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211230145226\/https:\/\/www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk\/tickets\/christmas-train-of-lights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">states<\/a> the train ran between Paignton, England and Kingswear, England from Nov. 24 to Dec. 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows colored lights decorating a Tejas Express train in India.Verdict: False The video shows a train in the U.K., not a Tejas Express train &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}