Meenakashi Lekhi said, "Vande Bharat is a train with the best technology; the target is to run 400 Vande Bharat trains... Vande Bharat is a picture of growing and changing India."
Scheduled to commence regular operations on December 20, the train will connect Varanasi, Prayagraj, Kanpur, and New Delhi, offering a swift and modern travel option for pilgrims and professionals alike.
As Varanasi gets ready to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a two-day visit from December 17, extensive preparations are underway at both the workers and administrative levels.
The Tirunelveli-Chennai Vande Bharat Express Train, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually, reached Chennai Railway Station on Sunday.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the railway sector has transformed under the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last nine years.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flagging off nine new Vande Bharat trains, including one from Bihar's Patna, the former's parliamentary constituency.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that all the stations which will be developed in the Azadi Ka Amrit Kaal' will be called 'Amrit Bharat Stations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually flagged off nine Vande Bharat Express trains, and said that the speed and scale of infrastructure development are matching with aspirations of 140 crore Indians.
These nine trains will boost connectivity across eleven states namely Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat, the PMO statement said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express on September 24 along with eight more Vande Bharat Express trains across the country.