Vande Bharat train inauguration: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express train, by way of video conferencing today (April 12). The inaugural Vande Bharat Express in Rajasthan will ply between Jaipur and Delhi Cantt. railway station. The common service of this Vande Bharat Express will begin from April 13. It will function between Ajmer and Delhi Cantt, with stops at Jaipur, Alwar and Gurugram.
According to the schedule drawn up for the latest Vande Bharat Express, it’s going to cowl the space between Delhi Cantt. and Ajmer in 5 hours and quarter-hour.The current quickest train on the identical route, Shatabdi Express, takes 6 hours quarter-hour. The new Vande Bharat Express will probably be sooner by 60 minutes than the current quickest train on the identical route.
Key options of Vande Bharat train:
Ajmer-Delhi Cantt. Vande Bharat Express would be the world’s first semi-high-speed passenger train on high-rise overhead electrical (OHE) territory. The train will enhance the connectivity to main vacationer locations in Rajasthan, together with Pushkar and the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, amongst different locations that draw guests in bulk across the yr.
Enhanced connectivity may also present a lift to socio-economic growth within the area.
Vande Bharat Express is an indigenously manufactured, semi-high velocity and self-propelled train set. The train is provided with state-of-the-art passenger facilities, offering passengers with a sooner, extra comfy and handy journey expertise.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 8 flagged off the Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express in Chennai. It was the second train within the semi-high-speed class to be flagged off on the identical day after the Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express, which rolled out of the Secunderabad Railway Station in Telangana.
Earlier, in January, PM Modi had flagged off India’s eighth Vande Bharat Express between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam.The launch got here every week after Prime Minister Modi flagged off a Vande Bharat Express on the Bhopal-New Delhi route. The Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express has stops at Nalgonda, Guntur, Ongole, and Nellore stations whereas it covers its 660 km journey between the cities.
(With businesses inputs)
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