New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off new Vande Bharat Express from Una Himachal railway station.
Heralding a new era of comfortable and enhanced rail travel experience, the new Vande Bharat Express is now ready for a commercial run.
Running from Amb Andaura to New Delhi, it will be the fourth Vande Bharat train to be introduced in the country and is an advanced version compared to the earlier ones, being much lighter and capable of reaching higher speed in shorter duration.
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PM Shri @narendramodi flags off Vande Bharat Express from Una, Himachal Pradesh. #HimachalWithDoubleEngine https://t.co/nQ55G0rUyj
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This is the fourth Vande Bharat train in the country, the other three being run between New Delhi – Varanasi and New Delhi – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and between Gandhinagar and Mumbai.
Vande Bharat Express is a new-age train redefining passenger travelling in India.
PM will also dedicate IIIT Una to the nation and lay the foundation stone of Bulk Drug Park in Una in a public function. After that, in a public function at Chamba, Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of two hydropower projects and launch Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III in Himachal Pradesh, read a press statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday.
Modi will lay the foundation stone of Bulk Drug Park at Haroli in Una district, built at the cost of over Rs 1900 crore.