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Union
Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw
on Saturday said that in line with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of
transforming India with technology, every
aspect and dimension of Indian Railways
is on the path of transformation.
The Minister for Railways,
Communications, Electronics and
Information Technology was speaking to
during the pre-launch inspection of the
newly built Vande Bharat Express train at
Secunderabad railway station.
Vaishnaw said that Prime Minister’s
vision for transforming railways is a huge
vision. Every aspect, every dimension of
railways whether it is stations, new train
sets, new locomotives, new types of
signalling, KAWATCH system, everything
is getting transformed.
He further added that the station where
we are standing Secunderabad has been
redesigned for becoming a world-class
station. The tender has been awarded and
very soon the work is going to start. The
pre-work is already started.
The train that you’re seeing, the Vande
Bharat train. This is a world-class train
designed fully in India, designed by Indian
engineers, and manufactured by Indian
engineers. So this is a great, great, great
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Reacting to the flagging off of the Vande
Bharat Express service by PM Modi from
Secundrabad to Vishakapatnam on
Sunday morning on the auspicious
occasion of Pongal, Vaishnaw said, “It’s a
very big gift and I thank Prime Minister
for this hugely popular train, a modern
train, which is world-class, which will
connect the two Telugu-speaking people
and the major cities which are getting
connected tomorrow. It will be a big boon
for this region.”
Minister of Tourism, Culture and DONER,
G Kishan Reddy was also with him during
the inspection of the train.
On this occasion, Reddy said that this
train will start from my constituency,
Secunderabad to Vishakhapatnam.
More than 50 lakh people are from my
home constituency-based, and the
maximum belongs to Andhra Pradesh.
“This train is very beneficial for those
people, as well as tourism point of view
also. When you will travel by this train, the
city is Warangal, where the 100 pillars
temple is situated. The temple got
UNESCO recognition recently. After that,
you will teach Vijaywada, which is the
capital city of Andhra Pradesh. Then you
can reach Rajahmundry and
Vishakhapattanam. Therefore, this train is
very beneficial for tourists as well as
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Railways vande bharat express
narendra modi indian railways
andhra pradesh g kishan reddy
domestic passengers,” he added.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will flag off the Vande Bharat Express
train connecting Secunderabad with
Visakhapatnam on Sunday via video
conferencing.
It is pertinent to note that the train will be
the eighth Vande Bharat Express to be
introduced by Indian Railways and will be
the first one connecting the two Teluguspeaking states of Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh, covering a distance of around
700 km. It will have stoppages at
Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry and
Vijayawada stations in Andhra Pradesh
and at Khammam, Warangal and
Secunderabad stations in Telangana.
The indigenously designed train set of
Vande Bharat Express is equipped with
state-of-the-art passenger amenities and
will provide a faster, more comfortable
and more convenient travel experience to
rail users.
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