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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday flag off 9 Vande Bharat trains connecting spiritual and vacationer locations throughout 11 states.
The 9 trains will present sooner connectivity throughout 11 states — Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat.
The Prime Minister will flag off the trains via video conferencing. The brand new Vande Bharat trains will run between: Udaipur Jaipur; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai; Hyderabad Bengaluru; Vijayawada Chennai (by way of Renigunta); Patna Howrah; Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram; Rourkela – Bhubaneswar Puri; Ranchi Howrah; and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad.
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These trains are a step in the direction of realising Prime Minister’s imaginative and prescient of enhancing connectivity throughout the nation and offering world class amenities to rail passengers, an official assertion stated.
“The Vande Bharat trains will be the fastest train along the routes of their operation and will help save considerable time of the passengers,” it stated.
As in comparison with the present quickest prepare alongside the route, Rourkela- Bhubaneswar Puri and Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram, the Vande Bharat trains will reduce journey time between respective locations by about three hours; Hyderabad Bengaluru by greater than 2.5 hours; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai by greater than 2 hours.
The journey time between Ranchi Howrah and Patna Howrah and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad will likely be diminished by about one hour when put next with the quickest trains presently out there between these locations.
The journey time between Udaipur – Jaipur will likely be diminished by about half an hour. The Rourkela- Bhubaneswar Puri and Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai trains will join necessary spiritual cities of Puri and Madurai.
Additionally, the Vijayawada Chennai Vande Bharat Categorical will function by way of the Renigunta route and can present connectivity to Tirupati pilgrimage centre.
The introduction of those Vande Bharat trains will herald a brand new normal of rail service within the nation, the assertion stated.
These trains, geared up with world class facilities and superior security options, together with Kavach expertise, will likely be a key step in the direction of offering trendy, speedy and comfy technique of journey to widespread folks, professionals, businessmen, pupil group and vacationers, it added.