PM Modi to flag off Goa’s first Vande Bharat Express on Saturday

New Delhi (IANS) | Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Goa’s first Vande Bharat Express train from Madgaon railway station on Saturday through video conferencing. An official statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said that the running of this train will improve connectivity on the Mumbai-Goa route and provide a faster and more comfortable means of travel to the people of the region.

This will be the 19th Vande Bharat train to run in the country.

The train will run between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai and Madgaon stations in Goa.

It will complete the journey in approximately seven and a half hours, the statement said. Thus the travel time will be reduced by about an hour as compared to the existing fastest train connecting both the places.

–IANS