Vande Bharat Express: PM Modi likely to inaugurate 9 semi-high speed trains on 24 September. Check routes, other details
Narendra Modi is likely to flag off nine Vande Bharat express train on Sunday i.e. on 24 September, ministry officials told News18. Among these nine trains, the Indian Railways is set to launch two trains for West Bengal’s Howrah and Tamil Nadu’s Chennai while one each for Kerala, Odisha, Telangana, Gujarat and poll-bound Rajasthan.
As per the report, these semi-high speed trains will be eight-coach trains. The nine routes that will be flagged off on Sunday are - Ranchi-Howrah, Patna-Howrah, Vijayawada-Chennai, Tirunelveli-Chennai, Rourkela- Puri, Udaipur-Jaipur, Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram, Jamnagar-Ahmedabad and Hyderabad-Bengaluru. Speaking of the Tirunelveli-Chennai Vande Bharat Express train, the first train will reportedly leave from Tirunelveli Junction 6 am and reach Chennai around 1:50 pm while the return journey will begin at 2:50 pm on all days except Tuesdays.
According to reports, the locomotive will be operated at an average speed of 83.30 km and halt at Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul and Tiruchi. Meanwhile this will also be Tamil Nadu's third Vande Bharat route after the launch of Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express in November last year and subsequently the Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat train. Odisha's second Vande Bharat express on Puri-Rourkela route is also set to be flagged off on Sunday.
The full trial run of the Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express was conducted on Wednesday. The train will connect the coastal districts of the state to its western region. Earlier, it was also reported that the semi-high speed train will cover the distance of 505 km in 7 hrs and 30 minutes from Puri-Rourkela and 7 hours and 45 minutes on the down line i.e.
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