Highlights
- Railways commences India's 5th Vande Bharat Express trial run
- The train will run between Chennai-Mysore
- PM Modi will flag off new Vande Bharat on November 11
Railways on Monday commenced the trial run of another rack of India's semi-high speed train Vande Bharat Express from Chennai MG Ramachandran Central Railway station. The upcoming Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat Express will be flagged off by PM Modi on November 11.
It will be south India's first and country's fifth Vande Bharat train which will be put to service of passengers.
PM Modi will flag off South India's first 'Vande Bharat Express' train and inaugurate the second terminal of Kempegowda International Airport, built at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore, during his visit to the city on November 11.
"On that day, PM will flag off South India's first Vande Bharat Express train which will run between Chennai and Mysuru via Bengaluru in the state capital, inaugurate the second terminal of Kempegowda International Airport built at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore to handle an additional 2.
5 crore passengers," an official release said.
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