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PM Modi to flag off Goa’s first Vande Bharat Express on Tuesday

Panaji, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Goa’s first Vande Bharat Express on Tuesday morning from Madgaon railway station via video conferencing.

Speaking to IANS, Baban Ghatge, Deputy General Manager of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, said that the programme will take place at around 9 a.m. at Madgaon railway station. “Union Minister for State for Tourism Shripad Naik and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant along will be present for the program,” Ghatge said.

The train will run between Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Goa’s Madgaon station. It will cover the journey in approximately seven and half hours which will help save about one hour of journey time, when compared with the current fastest train connecting the two places.

Vande Bharat Express was scheduled to start on June 3, on Madgaon-Mumbai route, however the inauguration was cancelled due to the Odisha train crash.

According to officials, the state-of-the-art Vande Bharat Express will improve the connectivity in the Mumbai - Goa route and provide the people of the region the means to travel with speed and comfort.

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Source: IANS

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