Country’s first Vande Metro train will run in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the country’s first ‘Vande Metro’ service on Monday during his two-day visit to Gujarat. The train has modern amenities, safety features, good design and comfort such as rain-resistant interiors, shock-proof, fire detection and CCTV. Western Railway (Ahmedabad division) public relations officer Pradeep Sharma on Saturday said the Ahmedabad-Bhuj Vande Metro train is fully unreserved and air-conditioned. He said passengers will be able to buy tickets from the counter shortly before the train’s departure. “The train has seating capacity for 1,150 passengers while 2,058 passengers will be able to travel standing,” he said.
This will be the timing of Vande Metro
Western Railway had conducted a trial run of this metro train earlier this week. According to Western Railway officials, the Ahmedabad-Bhuj Vande Metro train will stop at nine stations and cover a distance of 360 km in five hours and 45 minutes at a maximum speed of 110 kmph. They said it will leave Bhuj at 5.05 am and reach Ahmedabad Junction at 10.50 am.
Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities
‘Vande Metro’ has been designed on the lines of the indigenous semi-high-speed train Vande Bharat, each coach of which will be fully air-conditioned. Vande Metro train has been equipped with anti-collision system (Kavach) as well as other state-of-the-art facilities. On the first day of his two-day Gujarat tour on Sunday, Prime Minister Modi will attend a program at Vadsar Air Force Station near Ahmedabad.
PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of many projects
PM Modi will inaugurate the fourth edition of the ‘Global Renewable Energy Investors Meet and Expo’ (RE-INVEST 2024) at the Mahatma Mandir Convention Center in Gandhinagar on Monday. He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several development projects worth over Rs 8,000 crore in Ahmedabad. Apart from this, Modi will launch the second phase of the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro Rail service.
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