If all goes as per plan, the Mumbai to Solapur via Pune ‘Vande Bharat’ Express train will be flagged-off from Mumbai by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 10. The new express train will depart from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) station in Mumbai and travel to Solapur via Pune and Shirdi. While it will take hardly 1 hour and 50 minutes to reach Pune from Mumbai, it will be the first Vande Bharat train running between the two cities.
As per the information shared by sources in the Solapur railway division, an official announcement about the launch of this new train will soon be made by the Central Railway (CR) as the Prime Minister is arriving in Mumbai on February 10 for the inauguration ceremony of the Dawoodi Bohra community’s Arabic Academy. It is during this visit that the Prime Minister will flag-off the new train from CSMT station.
“All preparations have been made to launch this Vande Bharat train, and it will be inaugurated on February 10 by the Prime Minister.
