The network of Vande Bharat trains is growing in India and the country will get its eighth Vande Bharat Express train today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will signal the launch of the semi-high-speed train on the new route between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam through video conference on January 15. This will make it the first train in this region and the second in southern India. Ahead of the ceremony, the Ministry of Railways posted pictures of the train which showed its interior.
This will be the first Vande Bharat Express to run between the two Telugu speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh; This will be the eighth Vande Bharat Express to be introduced by the Indian Railways. It will stop at Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh as well as Khammam, Warangal and Secunderabad stations in Telangana.
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Earlier, the last Vande Bharat train was flagged off from West Bengal, becoming the first from East India. The government also intends to run a new Vande Bharat train between Jaipur and the national capital Delhi.
The indigenously designed train set of Vande Bharat Express is equipped with state-of-the-art passenger amenities. It will provide faster, more comfortable and more convenient travel experience to rail users.
PM Modi will also dedicate to the nation the 85-km Secunderabad-Mahbubnagar Railway Doubling Project, and the cost of the project is Rs 1,410 crore. He will also lay the foundation stone for various projects; These include redevelopment/modernization of Secunderabad Railway Station at a cost of Rs 699 crore and a Railway Periodic Repair Workshop at Kazipet at a cost of Rs 521 crore.
The launch of the iconic train assumes significance in Telangana as elections are due in the state later this year and the BJP is keen to position itself as a political alternative to the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which has been ruling the state since then. is in power. Establishment in 2014.