PM Modi to launch new Sabarmati-Veraval Vande Bharat Express on Monday

PM Modi will flag off Vande Bharat Express between Veraval and Ahmedabad.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be flagging off the inaugural run of the new Sabarmati – Veraval Vande Bharat Express through video conferencing from Dahod, Gujarat on Monday.

Train No. 26901 Sabarmati – Veraval Vande Bharat Express will start running from 27 May. This train will depart from Sabarmati at 05:25 hrs and will reach Veraval at 12:25 hrs, the same day and will run all days except Thursday.

Similarly, Train No. 26902 Veraval – Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express will commence from 27 May. This train will depart from Veraval at 14:40 hrs and will reach Sabarmati at 21:35 hrs, the same day, and will run all days except Thursday.

The train will halt at Viramgam, Surendranagar, Wankaner, Rajkot & Junagadh stations in both directions. This train comprises of AC Chair Car and an Executive Chair Car.

The fare in the Chair Car will be Rs 1105 from Sabarmati to Veraval, which includes catering charges of Rs 142, and Rs 2110 in Executive Chair Car, which includes catering charges of Rs 175.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Dahod and at around 11:15 AM, he will dedicate to the nation a locomotive manufacturing plant and also flag off an electric locomotive.

PM Modi will inaugurate the locomotive manufacturing plant of the Indian Railways in Dahod. This plant will produce electric locomotives of 9000 HP for domestic purposes and for export. PM Modi will also flag off the first electric locomotive manufactured from the plant. The locomotives will help in increasing freight loading capacity of Indian Railways. These locomotives will be equipped with regenerative braking systems and are being designed to reduce energy consumption, which contributes to environmental sustainability.

Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth over Rs 24,000 crore in Dahod. The projects include rail projects and various projects of the Government of Gujarat. He will flag off Vande Bharat Express between Veraval and Ahmedabad & Express train between Valsad and Dahod stations.

Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth over Rs 53,400 crore at Bhuj. The projects from the power sector include transmission projects for evacuating renewable power generated in the Khavda Renewable Energy Park, transmission network expansion, Ultra super critical thermal power plant unit at Tapi, among others. It also includes projects of the Kandla port and multiple road, water and solar projects of the Government of Gujarat, among others.