Prime Minister Modi To Flag Off Three Vande Bharat Trains Today [Current Affairs]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off three new Vande Bharat trains around 12:30 pm on August 31. “These new Vande Bharat trains shall provide the people of the region the world-class means to travel with speed and comfort and will cater to three states – Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka,” the government said in a press release.
Three new Vande Bharat trains
These “Vande Bharat Express will improve the connectivity on three routes: Meerut-Lucknow; Madurai-Bengaluru and Chennai-Nagercoil”.
- The Meerut City-Lucknow Vande Bharat will help passengers save around 1 hour in comparison to the current fastest train between the two cities.
- The Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat train will cover the journey between the two cities saving more than 2 hours.
- Madurai-Bengaluru Vande Bharat train will cover the journey between the two cities saving around 1 hour 30 mins.
About Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat
- Train No. 20627 will leave Chennai Egmore at 5am and reach Nagercoil at 1:50pm, with stops at Tambaram, Villupuram, Tiruchirappalli, Dindugal, Madurai, Kovilpatti, and Tirunelveli.
- The return train (No. 20628) will leave Nagercoil at 2:20pm and arrive in Chennai at 11pm.
About Madurai-Bengaluru Vande Bharat
- This Vande Bharat service will connect the bustling temple city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu with the cosmopolitan city of Bengaluru, also the state capital of Karnataka.
- Train No. 20671 will depart Madurai at 5:15am and reach Bengaluru Cantonment at 1pm, stopping at Dindugal, Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Namakkal, Salem, and Krishnarajapuram.
- In return (Train No. 20672), it will leave Bengaluru at 1:30pm, arriving in Madurai at 9:45pm.
Meerut City-Lucknow Vande Bharat
- Train 22490 will depart from Meerut City at 6:35am and arrive in Lucknow’s Charbagh railway station at 1:45pm, with stops at Moradabad and Bareilly.
- On the return journey (Train No. 22489), the train will depart from Charbagh railway station at 2:45pm and arrive at Meerut City at 10:00pm.
Source: currentaffairs by adda247
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