PM to flag off 2 Vande Bharat trains, inaugurate educational campus, elevated roads in Mumbai

Mumbai: Vande Bharat Express train at a railway station in Mumbai, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off two Vande Bharat trains from Mumbai on Feb. 10 on the Solapur and Shirdi Sai Nagar routes. (PTI Photo/Kumal Patil)(PTI02_09_2023_000257B)

Mumbai:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off two Vande Bharat trains from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), inaugurate a new campus of an educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohra community as well as two elevated roads corridors and a vehicular underpass during his visit to the metropolis on Friday.

After arriving in the city, Modi will first flag off CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express in the afternoon and soon after the second semi high-speed train linking the financial capital to Sainagar Shirdi, a temple town in Ahmednagar district, Railway officials said on Thursday.

The Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat Express will cover the 455 kilometre distance between the country’s commercial capital and the premier textile city in 6 hours and 30 minutes, a saving of nearly one hour in current timings.