PM Modi in Ahmedabad, flags off Vande Bharat trains, lays foundation stone of ₹85,000 crore railway projects
The Hindu
PM Modi inaugurates ₹85,000 crore railway projects in Ahmedabad, including 10 new Vande Bharat trains and freight corridors.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 12 inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of ₹85,000 crore railway projects, including the launch of 10 new Vande Bharat trains.
The PM launched the projects from the Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad in Gujarat after visiting the Dedicated Freight Corridor's (DFC) Operation Control Centre in Ahmedabad.
He laid the foundation stone of railway workshops, loco sheds, pit lines/ coaching depots, the Phaltan-Baramati new line; electric traction system upgradation work and dedicated to the nation two new sections of the Dedicated Freight Corridor between New Khurja to Sahnewal (401 Rkm) section of the eastern DFC and New Makarpura to New Gholvad section (244 Rkm) of the western DFC; western DFC's Operation Control Centre (OCC), Ahmedabad.
The PM flagged off 10 new Vande Bharat trains between 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 and Khajuraho- Delhi (Nizamuddin).
He also flagged off the extension of four Vande Bharat trains.
The Ahmedabad-Jamnagar Vande Bharat train is being extended till Dwarka, Ajmer-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Vande Bharat till Chandigarh, Gorakhpur-Lucknow Vande Bharat till Prayagraj and Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod Vande Bharat till Mangaluru.
The PM also flagged off two new passenger trains between Asansol and Hatia & Tirupati and Kollam stations.
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