PM Modi will flag off 9 Vande Bharat Express tomorrow
Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off nine Vande Bharat trains on 24 September 2023 at 12:30 pm via video conferencing. These new Vande Bharat trains are a step towards realizing the 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 will boost connectivity in eleven states Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat.
These Vande Bharat trains will be the fastest trains on their operational routes and will help passengers save a lot of time. Compared to the current fastest train on the route, the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Puri Vande Bharat Express and Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express will be about 3 hours faster; Hyderabad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express delayed by over 2.5 hours; Tirunelveli-Madurai-Chennai Vande Bharat Express delayed by more than 2 hours; Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat Express, Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat Express and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express delayed by about 1 hour; And Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat Express was delayed by about half an hour.
In line with the Prime Minister’s vision to improve connectivity of important religious places across the country, the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Puri Vande Bharat Express and Tirunelveli-Madurai-Chennai Vande Bharat Express will connect the important religious towns of Puri and Madurai. Additionally, Vijayawada-Chennai Vande Bharat Express will operate via Renigunta route and provide connectivity to Tirupati pilgrimage centre. The introduction of these Vande Bharat trains will mark the beginning of a new standard of rail service in the country. Equipped with world-class amenities and advanced safety features including armor technology, these trains will be an important step towards providing modern, quick and comfortable means of travel to the common people, professionals, businessmen, student community and tourists.
