Prime Minister Narendra Modi nearly flagged off three new Vande Bharat trains on Saturday to reinforce connectivity on three routes — Meerut-Lucknow; Madurai-Bengaluru; and Chennai-Nagercoil and to avoid wasting the time of commuters on these routes.
PM Modi flagged off the three state-of-the-art Vande Bharat Categorical trains at 12.30 P.M. catering to the three states of Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka.
The Meerut Metropolis-Lucknow Vande Bharat will assist passengers save round one hour in comparison with the present quickest practice between the 2 cities.
Likewise, the Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil and Madurai-Bengaluru Vande Bharat trains will cowl the journey saving greater than two hours and round 90 minutes, respectively.
“The introduction of those new and quick trains will herald a brand new normal of rail service to fulfill the wants of standard travellers, professionals, and enterprise and scholar communities in immense measure,” the PMO stated.
India’s first-ever indigenously designed and manufactured, semi-high pace Vande Bharat trains present a contemporary and cozy rail journey expertise to the passengers.
The Vande Bharat trains have a sooner acceleration and semi-high pace operation as much as 160 KMPH. They’re fitted with the anti-collision system KAVACH and have a fully-sealed gangway without spending a dime passenger motion with automated plug doorways.
“Indian Railways has launched as many as 772 extra practice providers, together with 100 Vande Bharat trains, on its community from 2019-2020 to 2023-2024,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw knowledgeable the Rajya Sabha earlier this month.
The entire funds utilised up to now for manufacturing Vande Bharat trains quantity to Rs 1,343.72 crore.
These trains have been launched to supply a greater journey expertise to the passengers, with fashionable coaches having enhanced security options and facilities, the Railway Minister stated.
“To cater to the travelling wants of various segments of passengers, Indian Railways introduces and operates several types of providers viz. categorical trains, superfast trains, passenger/MEMU/DEMU trains and suburban providers. Introduction of practice providers is an ongoing means of the Indian Railways topic to site visitors justification, operational feasibility, and availability of assets,” he added.