Published On: Sun, Sep 24th, 2023

PM Modi inaugurates 9 Vande Bharat Express trains

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated nine Vande Bharat Express trains on Sunday through video conferencing. These trains will link religious and tourist places across 11 states. Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat are the states that will benefit from the Vande Bharat trains.

PMO statement said that these trains will connect important religious towns

“This infrastructural development has matched aspirations of 140 crore Indians and this is what the country wants now. That day is not far when Vande Bharat trains will connect each and every part of the country,” says PM Modi as he flags off nine Vande Bharat Express trains via video conferencing. Addressing the inauguration event virtually PM Modi said, “These Vande Bharat trains show the new spirit and excitement of new India.”

A PMO statement said that these trains will connect important religious towns of Puri and Madurai as well as the Tirupati Pilgrimage Centre, in line with the Prime Minister’s vision to improve connectivity of important religious places across the country. Rourkela- Bhubaneswar – Puri Vande Bharat Express and Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai Vande Bharat Express will connect Puri and Madurai respectively. The Vijayawada – Chennai Vande Bharat Express will run via the Renigunta route and will provide connectivity to Tirupati.

The new trains that were inaugurated 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 and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express. These Vande Bharat trains will be the fastest trains on their routes and will help save a lot of time for the passengers.

Compared to the current fastest train on the route, Rourkela- Bhubaneswar – Puri Vande Bharat Express and Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express will be quicker 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.

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