The first Vande Bharat Express train from Odisha will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. The train will run from Puri to Howrah with halt at major stations.
Bhubaneswar, May 12 (IANS) The first Vande Bharat Express train from Odisha will be flagged off today. The train will run from Puri to Howrah with halt at major stations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Vande Bharat Express train service on May 18. However, it is not clear whether he will visit Odisha or join the programme through video-conferencing, Railway officials said, adding, “Everything will be cleared in next one or two days.”
The train will cover the 500-km Puri-Howrah route in around five hours 30 minutes. At present, the Shatabdi Express is the fastest train on this route, taking around seven hours 35 minutes to cover the same distance.
The officials informed that the Puri-Howrah train will make halt at Khurda Road Junction, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, and Kharagpur.
The trial run of the Vande Bharat Express had taken place on April 28 this year and it was successful. The trial route of the train was from Howrah to Puri and then back.
Vande Bharat Express train was first launched in 2019 from Delhi to Varanasi.
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