PM Modi to virtually flag-off two more Vande Bharat Express trains

While one service will run between Hyderabad and Nagpur, another train will be between Durg (Chhattisgarh) and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off two more Vande Bharat Express trains under the South Central Railway (SCR) zone virtually on September 16, said union Minister for Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Reddy on Friday.

While one service will run between Hyderabad and Nagpur, another train will be between Durg (Chhattisgarh) and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

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In a statement, Kishan Reddy thanked the Prime Minister and said the trains were a gift to the Telugu people on the occasion of the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi.

Vande Bharat from Nagpur will start at 5 am and reach Hyderabad at 12.15 p.m. In the return direction, the train will start at 1 pm. and reach Nagpur at 8.20 pm. The 578 km journey will be completed in 7.15 hours. It will have halts at Kazipet, Ramagundam, Balharshah, Chandrapur and Sevagram stations.

The second Vande Bharat train will start from Durg at 5.45 am and reach Visakhapatnam at 1.45 pm. In the return direction, the train will leave Visakhapatnam at 2.50 pm and reach Durg at 10.50 pm. The 565 km distance will be covered in eight hours with halts at Raipur, Vizianagaram, Mahasamund, Rayagada, Khariar Road, Kousinga, Titlagarh, Kantabanji and Kesinga.