Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to flag off the medium-distance superfast Vande Bharat Express train in Uttar Pradesh on August 31, connecting Lucknow and Meerut.
The Meerut-Lucknow Vande Bharat train will be virtually flagged off by the Prime Minister on Saturday, said Railway officials on Thursday.
It shall cover two prominent cities along the way, including Moradabad and Bareilly.
On its first run, the train would leave Meerut City at 6:35 A.M. and reach Lucknow at approximately 1:45 P.M.
During the seven-hour travel, there would be two five-minute halts at Moradabad and Bareilly junctions.
Meerut is closer to Delhi-NCR and has been a hub for many commercial operations, which has always been in the thick of the infrastructural push by the Centre.
There is already a rapid rail corridor between Meerut and Ghaziabad that has been welcomed by many city-based businessmen.
The roll-out of another Vande Bharat train will give a major fillip to Railway services in UP, as this will take the existing fleet of express trains to 11 in number.
The ten Vande Bharat trains already operational in UP include Patna-Gomtinagar, Varanasi-Delhi, Varanasi-Ranchi, Lucknow, Dehradun, Anand Vihar-Ayodhya, Anand Vihar-Dehradun, Gorakhpur-Prayagraj, and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Habibganj.
Apart from Meerut-Lucknow, PM Modi will flag off two more Vande Bharat trains on Saturday. These are Chennai-Nagercoil and Bengaluru-Madurai Vande Bharat express trains.
Significantly, Vande Bharat Express trains are the fleet of indigenously-developed and passenger-friendly trains to offer more comfort and convenience to travellers.
The state-of-the-art trains have modern facilities providing passengers with a faster and at the same time comfortable travel experience.
These trains have 'revolutionized' the travelling in India in these last few years.
The fleet of Vande Bharat trains has crossed more than 50 in number, and there are ambitious plans to introduce Vande Bharat sleeper and Vande Bharat Metro trains in the near future.
