PM Modi flags off 2 Vande Bharat Express trains from Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Mumbai-Solapur and Mumbai-Sainagar Vande Bharat Express from Mumbai on Friday.
During the event, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Chief Minister of Maharastra Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis were also present at the occasion.
With the two trains becoming operational, the number of Vande Bharat Express trains running from Mumbai will increase to three and the count will go up to 10 for the country. The first Vande Bharat train in Maharashtra connected Mumbai with Gujarat’s Gandhinagar.
“There was a time when MPs used to write letters for arrangements for trains to stop at stations in their areas, for a 1-2 minute stoppage. Now, when the MPs meet, they demand a Vande Bharat in their area. This is the craze of Vande Bharat trains today”, said PM Modi after flagging off the trains in Mumbai.
Last month, PM Modi virtually flagged off the 8th Vande Bharat Express operational between Telangana’s Secunderabad and Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. The intermediate stops envisaged for the train include Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry.
