Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the KSR Bengaluru – MGR Chennai Central Vande Bharat Inaugural Particular and Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan trains from Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna (KSR) railway station in Bengaluru.
PM Modi was accompanied by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Coal Pralhad Joshi and Karnataka Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.
That is the fifth Vande Bharat Categorical practice within the nation and the primary one in south India. It can improve connectivity between Chennai, Bengaluru and Mysuru. The KSR Bengaluru – MGR Chennai Central Vande Bharat Inaugural Particular will attain MGR Chennai Central at 05.20 pm Friday.
The Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Categorical will enhance connectivity in addition to industrial actions. It can additionally improve ‘Ease of Residing.’ Glad to have flagged off this practice from Bengaluru. pic.twitter.com/zsuO9ihw29
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 11, 2022
“Enroute the inaugural particular could have stops at Bengaluru Cantonment, Baiyyappanahalli, Krishnarajapuram, Whitefield, Devangonthi, Malur, Tyakal, Bangarapet, Varadapur in Karnataka. Bisanattam, Kuppam, Mulanur in Andhra Pradesh. Somanayakkanpatti, Jolarpettai, Kettandapatti, Vaniyambadi, Vinnamangalam, Ambur, Pachchakuppam, Melpatti, Valathoor, Gudiyattam, Kavanur, Latteri, Katpadi Jn., Sevur, Tiruvalam, Mukundarayapuram, Walajah Highway, Thalangai, Sholinghur, Chitteri, Arakkonam, Tiruvalangadu, Kadambattur, Tiruvallur, Avadi, Villivakkam, Perambur and Basin Bridge Junction stations in Tamil Nadu,” the South Western Railway stated.
All coaches of the Vande Bharat Categorical are geared up with computerized doorways, GPS-based audiovisual passenger info system, on-board Wi-Fi hotspot for leisure functions, and comfy seating. The manager class additionally has rotating chairs.
The trial run of the Vande Bharat Categorical from MGR Chennai Central to Mysuru by way of KSR Bengaluru was carried out on November 7 for familiarising the practice’s crew with the working of the practice set, route, alerts and different security parameters like level-crossing gates, block working, and many others, and likewise to acquaint the onboard coach upkeep crew with the practice’s interiors and varied technical options. The practice has 14 coaches.
Karnataka is the primary state to take up the Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan beneath the Bharat Gaurav scheme beneath which the state authorities and the Ministry of Railways are working collectively to ship pilgrims from Karnataka to Kashi. Historic Indian cities like Varanasi, Prayagraj and Ayodhya will probably be coated throughout the eight-day journey.
Minister for Muzrai, Wakf and Haj in Karnataka Shashikala A Jolle earlier instructed reporters that every one 547 tickets on the practice have been booked for the eight-day journey beginning November 11. “For the subsequent journey, which is able to begin on November 23, 100 tickets have already been booked,” she had stated.