Karnataka coast’s first Vande Bharat Express between Mangaluru and Madgaon to be flagged off on December 30The first Vande Bharat Express service on the Karnataka coast, connecting Mangaluru and Madgaon in Goa, is scheduled to be flagged off on December 30th. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remotely inaugurate the service along with other VB Express and Amrit Bharat trains from Ayodhya at 11 am. The inaugural Mangaluru-Madgaon...
more... VB Express will depart Mangaluru Central at 11 am, Udupi at 12:27 pm, and Karwar at 2:54 pm, arriving in Madgaon at 4:40 pm. MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA D. Vedavyasa Kamath, and Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager Arun Kumar Chaturvedi inspected the preparations for the event on December 29th. The inauguration ceremony will include speeches by dignitaries at 10 am, followed by the official flagging off by Prime Minister Modi at 11 am. The new train service is expected to boost tourism between the two coastal destinations. The MP also mentioned requests for extending the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod VB Express to Mangaluru Central and introducing a new Mangaluru Central-Ernakulam VB Express. A Bengaluru-Mangaluru Central VB service is anticipated after the completion of railway electrification between Subrahmanya Road and Sakleshpur Stations. The newly constructed Platforms 4 and 5 at Mangaluru Central will be dedicated to the nation during the VB Express flagging off on Saturday, and will be fully equipped by January 15th.
December 30th ko Karnataka coast ka pehla semi-high-speed train, Vande Bharat Express, Mangaluru aur Goa ke Madgaon ke beech start ho raha hai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ayodhya se 11 am pe remote se service ko start karenge, aur saath mein kuchh aur VB Express aur Amrit Bharat trains bhi...
more... launch karenge. Mangaluru Central se Madgaon jaane wala pehla VB Express 11 am pe chalega, Udupi se 12:27 pm pe aur Karwar se 2:54 pm pe, aur 4:40 pm pe Madgaon pahunchega. MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA D. Vedavyasa Kamath, aur Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager Arun Kumar Chaturvedi ne December 29th ko is event ke liye preparations ka inspection kiya. Inauguration ceremony mein 10 am pe dignitaries ke speeches honge, aur uske baad Prime Minister Modi 11 am pe service ko official flag off karenge. Is naye train service se dono coastal destinations ke beech tourism boost hone ki ummeed hai. MP ne request bhi ki hai ki Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod VB Express ko Mangaluru Central tak extend kiya jaaye aur Mangaluru Central aur Ernakulam (Kochi) ke beech ek new VB Express shuru kiya jaaye. Bengaluru-Mangaluru Central VB service March ke baad Subrahmanya Road aur Sakleshpur Stations ke beech railway electrification complete hone ke baad start ho sakti hai. Mangaluru Central ke newly constructed Platforms 4 aur 5 ko Saturday ko VB Express flagging off ke waqt nation ko dedicated kiya jaayega, aur yeh January 15th tak fully equipped ho jayenge.
