PM Modi started out his two-day visit to his home country, Gujarat, on Sunday. He reach there to inaugurate numerous development projects worth Rs 82,000 crore. This is his first visit to the country after Op Sindoor. He will inaugurate two new trains, such as a Vande Bharat Express, through video conferencing from Dahod throughout his visit to Gujarat on Monday, officers said.
According to Dilip Kumar, Executive Director (Information and Publicity), Railway Board, the new services consists the Sabarmati-Veraval Vande Bharat Express and the Valsad-Dahod Express. The Prime Minister will first visit Dahod, wherein he will inaugurate the Loco Manufacturing Shop-Rolling Stock Workshop.
PM Modi lay foundation of Rs 82,000 Crore Projects
After the inauguration, he’ll address the people in Kharod, Dahod, and also lay the inspiration for railways and other government projects worth Rs 24,000 crore.
The first train is Sabarmati-Veraval Vande Bharat Express. It will connect Sabarmati station to Veraval, which is close to the well-known Somnath temple. It will work six days a week, except Thursdays. The train may have 9 coaches and is expected to gain pilgrims and tourists visiting to Somnath, certainly one of Gujarat’s most outstanding pilgrimage locations.
PM Modi may also flag off the Somnath-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat train and inaugurate a railway production unit in Dahod, which has been set up at a value of more than Rs 21,000 crore under the ‘Make in India’ project.
Valsad-Dahod Express halt Other Railways Routes
The 2nd train launched by PM Modi is the Valsad-Dahod Express, which runs daily between Valsad and Dahod. It can have 17 coaches and cover a distance of 346 km, departing from Valsad at 5:50 A.M. Train no. 19011 will run from Valsad to Dahod, even as train no. 19012 will operate in the opposite route.
The Valsad-Dahod-Express will halt at 12 stations alongside the route: Bilimora Junction, Navsari, Surat, Ankleshwar Junction, Bharuch Junction, Miyagam Karjan, Vadodara Junction, Samlaya Junction, Derol, Godhra Junction, Piplod Junction, and Limkheda. It will operate on all days of the week.
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