Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the second batch of the Vande Bharat Express train in Telangana on Saturday.
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It will reduce the travel time between the two cities by almost three and a half hours. pic.twitter.com/PU9Ni1vOwM
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The prime minister is visiting the southern state to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 11,300 crore, including AIIMS at Bibinagar.
PM Modi was received by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy was among those who were present.
The Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express, which connects Hyderabad’s IT City with Lord Venkateswara’s temple in Tirupati, is the state’s second Vande Bharat train.
The train will reduce the travel time between the two cities by almost three and a half hours and will benefit pilgrim passengers too.
This is also the South Central Railway (SCR) zone’s second semi-high-speed train. The train will run on all days except Tuesday. It will depart at 6 am and arrive at the destination around 2:30 pm. The train will travel a distance of 662 km.
Secundarabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express will have four stops between Secundarabad and Tirupati – Nalgonda, Guntur, Ongole, and Nellore.
He also lays the foundation stone of five National Highway projects, the redevelopment of Secunderabad Railway Station, and other development projects.
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