Bengaluru, Aug 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off services of three Vande Bharat trains at the Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Train Station in Bengaluru on Sunday.
He inaugurated the Vande Bharat train service between Bengaluru and Belagavi in Karnataka.
The Prime Minister boarded the Vande Bharat train and interacted with students and children.
He also flagged off Vande Bharat train services between Amritsar and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, and between Nagpur (Ajni) and Pune.
The Vande Bharat train service between the state capital Bengaluru and the bordering city of Belagavi is considered a boon for commuters travelling between north and south Karnataka.
The Vande Bharat train will benefit commuters of eight districts in Bengaluru and will operate six days a week. This is Karnataka’s 11th Vande Bharat train.