PM Modi To Flag Off Nine Vande Bharat Express Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off nine Vande Bharat trains today at 12:30 PM via video conferencing. These new Vande Bharat trains, according to the Railways Ministry, are a step towards realising Prime Minister’s vision of improving connectivity across the country and providing world class facilities to rail passengers.
The new trains that will be flagged off are:
Udaipur – Jaipur Vande Bharat Express
Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai Vande Bharat Express
Hyderabad –Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express
Vijayawada – Chennai (via Renigunta) Vande Bharat Express
Patna – Howrah Vande Bharat Express
Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express
Rourkela – Bhubaneswar – Puri Vande Bharat Express
Ranchi – Howrah Vande Bharat Express
Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express
These nine trains are expected to boost connectivity across eleven states namely Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat.
These Vande Bharat trains will be the fastest train along the routes of their operation and will help save considerable time of the passengers, the ministry said.
As compared to the current fastest train along the route, Rourkela- Bhubaneswar – Puri Vande Bharat Express and Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express will be faster by about 3 hours; Hyderabad – Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express by more than 2.5 hours; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai Vande Bharat Express by more than 2 hours; Ranchi – Howrah Vande Bharat Express, Patna – Howrah Vande Bharat Express and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express by about 1 hour; and Udaipur – Jaipur Vande Bharat Express by about half an hour.
“The introduction of these Vande Bharat trains will herald a new standard of rail service in the country. These trains, equipped with world class amenities and advanced safety features, including Kavach technology, will be a key step towards providing modern, speedy and comfortable means of travel to common people, professionals, businessmen, student community and tourists,” the ministry statement said.
