Bengaluru–Mumbai Vande Bharat sleeper service to start soon: Vaishnaw
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday announced that the Vande Bharat sleeper service between Bengaluru and Mumbai is expected to start soon.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday announced that the Vande Bharat sleeper service between Bengaluru and Mumbai is expected to start soon.
Northern Railway Lucknow Division administration has implemented the mega traffic and power block for the repair of the Kanpur bridge on the Lucknow-Kanpur section.
The newly covered routes include Vadodara–Virar (344 km) on Western Railway, Tuglakabad Junction Cabin–Palwal (35 km) on Northern Railway, and Manpur–Sarmatanr (93.3 km) on East Central Railway.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off five train services including the country’s first and much awaited Vande Bharat Sleeper trains connecting Howrah to Guwahati (Kamakhya) at Malda station today.
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said the Vande Bharat sleeper train will be formally inducted into the Indian Railway network in the next 15 to 20 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to flag off the first Vande Bharat sleeper train on the Guwahati (Assam) to Kolkata (West Bengal) route, likely around January 17-18.
It is expected that Vande Bharat might start running between New Delhi and Srinagar by 26 January.
Hopes of traveling on the much-anticipated New Delhi to Srinagar Vande Bharat Sleeper Train have been dampened as no official confirmation has come from the Ministry of Railways regarding its rollout.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, said that the Centre was determined for the rapid development of Jharkhand.
Passengers in long-distance trains would soon be able to take a shower while travelling. The new Vande Bharat sleeper train, unveiled by the railway minister, is to include shower with hot water in the first AC car.
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