The first Vande Bharat train in Kerala flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod on Tuesday is likely to be extended up to Mangaluru in due course.
In his address after the flag-off, the Prime Minister said that once the railway track expansion in the Thiruvananthapuram-Shoranur section is over, semi-high-speed trains could be operated between Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on the occasion that once the signalling systems are improved and the curves on the railway tracks in Kerala are straightened, the Vande Bharat train would be able to travel between Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru in six hours.
