Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami requested Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on January 22nd to extend the proposed Vande Bharat Express train service from Dehradun-Lucknow to Ayodhya. This request came ahead of the Ramlala's Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple. The extension would make travel from Uttarakhand...
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to Ayodhya easier for Uttarakhand residents and pilgrims visiting the Devbhoomi. In December, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated two new Amrit Bharat trains and six new Vande Bharat trains from Ayodhya Dham station. These Vande Bharat trains include Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-New Delhi, Amritsar-Delhi, Coimbatore-Bangalore Cant, Mangalore-Madgaon, Jalna-Mumbai, and Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal. Indian Railways announced over 1000 train services from various parts of India to facilitate the influx of pilgrims during the first 100 days after the Ram Mandir's opening. These trains will start operating on January 19th, days before the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. Earlier in December, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the redeveloped Ayodhya Railway Station, a modern three-story structure equipped with lifts, escalators, food plaza, shops for religious needs, cloakrooms, childcare rooms, and waiting halls.