Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated 13th Vande Bharat Express train on Chennai-Coimbatore route, which is expected to reduce the travel time between Tamil Nadu capital Chennai and the western industrial city by more than one hour. According to the Southern Railway, the Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express will leave from Coimbatore at 6.00 am and reach Chennai at 11.50 pm. The train will start for the western city from Chennai at 2.25 pm and reach there at 8.15 pm, which will stop at Salem, Erode and Tirupur. The service will be operated everyday except for Wednesday. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, TN Governor R N Ravi, Chief Minister M K Stalin and Union Minister of State L Murugan were present.
