Vande Bharat Express launched: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav was seen explaining the applied sciences of Vande Bharat Express prepare to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at Guwahati railway station on Monday.
“I am spellbound after I have learnt about the cutting edge technology being deployed in Vande Bharat trains. My compliments to Shri @AshwiniVaishnaw ji’s teaching skills, explaining technological marvels with such great ease!,” the Assam CM tweeted.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Northeast’s first Vande Bharat Express which is able to cowl the journey from Guwahati to New Jalpaiguri.
Assam’s first Vande Bharat Express
This Vande Bharat Express is succesful to cowl the journey in 5 hrs 30 minutes, whereas the present quickest prepare takes 6 hrs 30 minutes to cowl the identical journey. As per the press launch, PM Modi devoted newly electrified sections and likewise inaugurated the newly constructed DEMU/MEMU shed.
Vande Bharat Express will enhance tourism in area
“The state-of-the-art Vande Bharat Express will provide people of the region with the means to travel with speed and comfort. It will also boost tourism in the region. Connecting Guwahati with New Jalpaiguri, the train will help save about an hour of journey time, when compared with the current fastest train connecting the two places,” reads the press launch.
PM Modi to dedicate extra initiatives
As per the press launch, Prime Minister additionally inaugurated a newly constructed DEMU/MEMU shed at Lumding in Assam. This new facility might be useful for sustaining DEMU rakes working on this area, main to higher operational feasibility.
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