PM flags off 3rd Vande Bharat Express train for Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off the third Vande Bharat Express train for Odisha via a video conferencing programme in Ahmedabad.

The Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat Express among 10 new Vande Bharat trains flagged off during the programme.

The train that departed Visakhapatnam at 9.30 am is expected to arrive at Bhubaneswar Railway Station at about 1500hrs (03.00 p.m.).

The Vande Bharat train will run six days (except Saturday) in a week.

The train will have stoppages at Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road and Berhampur in Odisha and at Palasa, Srikakulam Road and Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh.

The rakes of the new Vande Bharat train are saffron-grey in colour. A trial run of the train was conducted on March 8.

This was the third Vande Bharat train for Odisha. At present, the state has two Vande Bharat trains — one from Puri to Rourkela and another from Puri to Howrah.

Besides, the PM flagged off Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Mysuru- Dr. MGR Central (Chennai), Patna- Lucknow, New Jalpaiguri-Patna, Puri-Visakhapatnam, Lucknow – Dehradun, Kalaburagi – Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru, Ranchi-Varanasi, Khajuraho- Delhi (Nizamuddin) Vande Bharat trains virtually during his visit to Ahmedabad in Gujarat today.