BHOPAL: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off five Vande Bharat Express trains at Rani Kamalapati railway station in Bhopal on June 27. The five trains are Bhopal (Rani Kamalapati) – Indore Vande Bharat Express; Bhopal (Rani Kamalapati) – Jabalpur Vande Bharat; Ranchi – Patna Vande Bharat; Dharwad – Bengaluru Vande Bharat and Goa (Madgaon) – Mumbai Vande Bharat. “These trains will improve connectivity in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Bihar, and Jharkhand,” PM Modi said in a tweet.
The Prime Minister inspected the first coach of Rani Kamalapati-Indore Vande Bharat Express. He also interacted with children who were onboard and the crew of the train.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, and Jyotiraditya Scindia, among others, were present on the occasion. The Rani Kamalapati – Jabalpur Vande Bharat will connect Mahakaushal region (Jabalpur) with the Central region (Bhopal) of Madhya Pradesh.
The Madgaon (Goa)- Mumbai Vande Bharat Express will be Goa’s first Vande Bharat Express. It will run between Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Goa’s Madgaon station. The Ranchi (Hatia)-Patna Vande Bharat Express is the first Vande Bharat train for Jharkhand and Bihar.
