PM Modi to launch India’s first ‘Vande Metro’ service during two-day Gujarat visit
The Hindu
PM Modi to launch metro rail, Vande Bharat train, renewable energy summit, and more in Gujarat visit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch multiple projects including a second phase of metro rail project between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, a new Vande Bharat train between Ahmedabad and Kutch, open a renewable energy summit in Gandhinagar and other development works in his home state Gujarat.
The PM is set to visit his home state first time after the Lok Sabha election following which he began his third term as the Prime Minister in June this year.
Besides, launching new projects and events, the PM will also address a mega convention of BJP workers at GMDC ground in Ahmedabad on September 16.
Mr. Modi will arrive on September 15 and leave directly from Gujarat to Odisha on September 17, his 75th birthday day.
The Ahmedabad-Bhuj Vande Metro is a fully unreserved air-conditioned train for which passengers can buy tickets from the counter shortly before its departure, Western Railway (Ahmedabad division) public relations officer Pradeep Sharma said.
According to WR officials, the Ahmedabad-Bhuj Vande Metro service will stop at nine stations and cover the 360 kilometre distance in five hours and 45 minutes at a top speed of 110 kilometres per hour. It will depart from Bhuj at 5:05 a.m. and reach Ahmedabad Junction at 10:50 a.m.
Another project the PM will be inaugurating is the second phase of metro line which is set to connect the Gujarat National Law University, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, GIFT City and Gandhinagar’s Sector-1 in a big way to improve urban mobility between the twin cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
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