Source: https://zeenews.india.com/railways/kishan-reddy-flags-off-puri-kasi-ayodhya-bharat-gaurav-tourist-train-from-secunderabad-2600889.html
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Lucknow-Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express train today. The train will be the second Vande Bharat Express for the state of Uttar Pradesh and will also connect Ayodhya with Lucknow and Gorakhpur. The first Vande Bharat Express in the state runs on the New Delhi-Varanasi route. Also, this is the first mini version of the Vande Bharat train in the state, that will connect Lucknow to Gorakhpur via Ayodhya. Ecstatic on the launch of the train, BJP MP from Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan said that it’s a historic day for Gorakhpur.
“Our government is constantly engaged in strengthening the rail infrastructure across the country. In this direction tomorrow, I will get the privilege of flagging off the Vande Bharat train between Gorakhpur-Lucknow. Apart from this, I will also lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Gorakhpur railway station,” wrote PM Modi in a tweet in Hindi.
“It’s a historic day, it’s Diwali for the entire Gorakhpur tomorrow. Other than Vande Bharat Express, the historic (Gorakhpur) railway station is being transformed with an investment of hundreds of crores,” says BJP MP Ravi Kishan on PM Modi’s Gorakhpur visit. PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of the Gorakhpur Railway Station.
