Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Kerala’s first Vande Bharat Express at Thiruvananthapuram Central Station on Tuesday.
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, CM Pinarayi Vijayan and MP Shashi Tharoor were present at the event.
This is the 15th Vande Bharat service in the Indian Railway network.
The Vande Bharat Express will run between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod, passing through 11 districts, and covering a distance of around 588 kilometers in around eight hours. It will have stoppages at Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Thrissur, Shoranur, Kozhikode, and Kannur. The train will operate on all days except Thursdays, said the Railways.
