PM Modi to flag off Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express on Thursday
4 min readBy Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the inspiration stone and dedicate various railway initiatives worth over Rs 8000 crore in Odisha via video conferencing at spherical 12:30 pm on Thursday.
The Prime Minister could even flag off the Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express. The put together will cross via Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts in Odisha and Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur districts in West Bengal.
The put together which will run six days each week (apart from Thursday) will current a faster, comfortable and useful journey experience to the rail prospects, enhance tourism and promote monetary progress inside the space.
Modi will lay the inspiration stone for the redevelopment of Puri and Cuttack railway stations. The redeveloped stations could have all fashionable amenities providing a world-class experience to rail passengers.
He will dedicate 100 per cent electrification of the rail neighborhood inside the state. This will reduce the working and maintenance worth and reduce reliance on imported crude oil.
The PM could even dedicate the doubling of the Sambalpur-Titlagarh rail line, new broad-gauge rail strains between Angul-Sukinda and Bichhupali and Jhartarbha aside from Rourkela-Jharsuguda and Manoharpur-Bondamunda third strains.
The new strains will cater to the elevated guests requires due to quick industrial progress in metallic, vitality and mining sectors in Odisha. The put together strains could even help ease the pressure on passenger guests in these rail sections.
East Coast Railway (ECoR) sources said Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Puri MP Pinaki Mishra and MLA Jayanta Kumar Sarangi are
slated to attend the event at Puri railway station.
The frequent run of the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express with 16 coaches will start on May 20. The put together will depart Howrah at 6.10 am and arrive at Puri at 12.35 pm. In return course, it’ll depart from Puri at 1.50 pm and attain Howrah at 8.30 pm. The put together could have seven stoppages for two minutes each.
The reserving of reservation tickets is on the market via on-line and offline mode from Wednesday. The fare to journey from Puri to Howrah is Rs 1265 (along with Rs 162 for meals) for a chair car and Rs 2,420 (along with Rs 195 for meals) for an authorities class. The passengers can go for ‘no food’ and the catering costs will in all probability be deducted from the fare.
BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the inspiration stone and dedicate various railway initiatives worth over Rs 8000 crore in Odisha via video conferencing at spherical 12:30 pm on Thursday.
The Prime Minister could even flag off the Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express. The put together will cross via Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts in Odisha and Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur districts in West Bengal.
The put together which will run six days each week (apart from Thursday) will current a faster, comfortable and useful journey experience to the rail prospects, enhance tourism and promote monetary progress inside the space.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Modi will lay the inspiration stone for the redevelopment of Puri and Cuttack railway stations. The redeveloped stations could have all fashionable amenities providing a world-class experience to rail passengers.
He will dedicate 100 per cent electrification of the rail neighborhood inside the state. This will reduce the working and maintenance worth and reduce reliance on imported crude oil.
The PM could even dedicate the doubling of the Sambalpur-Titlagarh rail line, new broad-gauge rail strains between Angul-Sukinda and Bichhupali and Jhartarbha aside from Rourkela-Jharsuguda and Manoharpur-Bondamunda third strains.
The new strains will cater to the elevated guests requires due to quick industrial progress in metallic, vitality and mining sectors in Odisha. The put together strains could even help ease the pressure on passenger guests in these rail sections.
East Coast Railway (ECoR) sources said Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Puri MP Pinaki Mishra and MLA Jayanta Kumar Sarangi are
slated to attend the event at Puri railway station.
The frequent run of the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express with 16 coaches will start on May 20. The put together will depart Howrah at 6.10 am and arrive at Puri at 12.35 pm. In return course, it’ll depart from Puri at 1.50 pm and attain Howrah at 8.30 pm. The put together could have seven stoppages for two minutes each.
The reserving of reservation tickets is on the market via on-line and offline mode from Wednesday. The fare to journey from Puri to Howrah is Rs 1265 (along with Rs 162 for meals) for a chair car and Rs 2,420 (along with Rs 195 for meals) for an authorities class. The passengers can go for ‘no food’ and the catering costs will in all probability be deducted from the fare.
