PM Flags Off South's First Semi-High Speed Vande Bharat Express
NDTV
The Vande Bharat train will enhance connectivity between Chennai, Bengaluru, and Mysuru, the PMO said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express at the Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) Railway Station in Bengaluru. This is the fifth Vande Bharat Express train in the country and the first such train in South India.
"It will enhance connectivity between the industrial hub of Chennai and the Tech and Startup hub of Bengaluru and the famous tourist city of Mysuru," the PMO said.
PM Modi also flagged Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan Train at KSR railway station in Bengaluru.
Karnataka is the first state to take up this train under the Bharat Gaurav scheme in which the Government of Karnataka and the Ministry of Railways are working together to send pilgrims from Karnataka to Kashi.