PM Flags Off South's First Semi-High Speed Vande Bharat Express

PM Flags Off South's First Semi-High Speed Vande Bharat Express

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Category : National Published on: November 14 2022

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  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express at Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) Railway Station in Bengaluru. 
  • This is the fifth Vande Bharat Express in the country and the first such train in south India.
  • PM Modi also flagged Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan Train at the KSR railway station.
  • Karnataka is the first state to take up this train under the Bharat Gaurav scheme in which the Karnataka government and the Railways ministry are working together to send pilgrims from Karnataka to Varanasi (Kashi).
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