PM Modi flags off five Vande Bharat trains in Madhya Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and flagged off five Vande Bharat trains connecting important cities in different parts of the country news agency PTI reportedAccording to PTI Modi reached Rani Kamalapati railway station in the state capital Bhopal from where he flagged off the five trains two physically and three in virtual modeRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Jyotiraditya Scindia among others were present on the occasionThese trains will improve connectivity in Madhya Pradesh Karnataka Maharashtra Goa Bihar and Jharkhand Modi said in a tweet on Monday This is for the first time so many Vande Bharat trains have been launched in one dayTwo of them are for Madhya Pradesh where the Assembly polls are due by the yearend These semi highspeed trains are Rani Kamalapati BhopalJabalpur Vande Bharat Express KhajurahoBhopalIndore Vande Bharat Express Madgaon GoaMumbai Vande Bharat Express DharwadBengaluru Vande Bharat Express and HatiaPatna Vande Bharat Express as per an official statement The Rani KamalapatiJabalpur Vande Bharat Express will connect Mahakaushal region Jabalpur to the central region Bhopal of Madhya PradeshTourist places like Bheraghat Pachmarhi and Satpura etc will also be benefitted by the improved connectivity a statement issued by the Prime Ministers Office PMO earlier said The train will be about 30 minutes faster than the existing fastest train on the route it saidThe KhajurahoBhopalIndore Vande Bharat Express will improve connectivity of Malwa region Indore and Bundelkhand region Khajuraho to Central region Bhopal the statement said It will benefit important tourist sites like Mahakaleshwar Mandu Maheshwar Khajuraho and Panna The train will be about two hours and 30 minutes faster than the existing fastest train on the route it saidThe Madgaon GoaMumbai Vande Bharat Express is Goas first Vande Bharat Express It will run between Mumbais Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Goas Madgaon station It will help save about an hour as compared to the current fastest train connecting the two places the statement saidThe DharwadBengaluru Vande Bharat Express will connect important cities in Karnataka Dharwad Hubballi and Davangere with the state capital BengaluruIt will immensely benefit tourists students and industrialists etc in the region and will be about 30 minutes faster than the existing fastest train on the route the statement saidThe HatiaPatna Vande Bharat Express is the first Vande Bharat train for Jharkhand and Bihar Enhancing connectivity between Patna and Ranchi the train will be a boon for tourists students and businessmen the statement said Compared to the current fastest train connecting the two places the HatiaPatna Vande Bharat Express will help save about one hour and 25 minutes of the journey time it saidBefore flagging off the trains Modi interacted with students on board one of the Vande Bharat trains here and the train staff Earlier after arriving at the Bhopal airport in the morning Modi was scheduled to reach the Rani Kamalapati railway station by helicopter but because of bad weather he left for the venue by road state BJP media incharge Ashish Agrawal saidWith inputs from PTI