PM Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express train between Gandhinagar and Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express semi-high speed train. Modi flagged off the train from Gandhinagar Capital railway station around 10:30 am. He then boarded the train for a ride between Gandhinagar and Kalupur railway station in Ahmedabad.

This train, which connects the capital cities of Maharashtra and Gujarat, is the third Vande Bharat Express in the country. The first such train was started on New Delhi-Varanasi route, while the second one on New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra route, an official said. The train will provide passengers aircraft-like travelling experience and advanced safety features including Kavach technology, an indigenously developed Train Collision Avoidance System, he said.