Bhubaneswar:14/8/23: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishaw on Monday confirmed that Odisha will soon get the second Vande Bharat Express train which will run on the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar route.
Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express with Tejas rake at the Bhubaneswar railway station, the Railway Minister said that the route chart of the second Vande Bharat has been finalised and it will cover Rourkela, Sundargarh, Talcher, and Angul in Odisha.
He reminded the gathering that the Prime Minister had promised another semi-high-speed train for Odisha while inaugurating the first some time back. “Keeping with that promise, the second Vande Bharat will run soon from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar,” he said. Vaishnaw, however, did not disclose the date of the train’s launch.
Union Minister Dharamendra Pradhan said that” After the installation of this Tejas rake, the capital express will run at a speed of 200 km per hour. The train has state-of-the-art facilities for the passengers. Passenger facilities have become important in Modiji’s ‘Developed India’. Railway grant and new railway line operation for Odisha has exceeded expectations. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to the development of Odisha.
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