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Ajmer-Delhi Vande Bharat Express to start from April 13 with stops in Jaipur, Alwar and Gurugram

PTI | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Jaipur
Apr 12, 2023 05:11 PM IST

The Ajmer-Delhi Cantonment Vande Bharat Express will be the world's first semi high speed passenger train on high rise overhead electric (OHE) territory.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday flagged off Rajasthan's first and the country's 15th Vande Bharat Express train via video conferencing.

Vande Bharat Express train at Jaipur Junction railway station during its flagging off ceremony, in Jaipur, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the train. Ajmer-Delhi Vande Bharat Express to start from April 13 with stops in Jaipur, Alwar and Gurugram (PTI Photo)
Vande Bharat Express train at Jaipur Junction railway station during its flagging off ceremony, in Jaipur, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the train. Ajmer-Delhi Vande Bharat Express to start from April 13 with stops in Jaipur, Alwar and Gurugram (PTI Photo)

Addressing the launch event, Modi said the Vande Bharat Express enriches the spirit of 'India First, Always First'.

"It has become synonymous with development, modernity, self-reliance and stability. The Vande Bharat Express will immensely benefit the tourism industry of Rajasthan," he said.

"Fortunate to flag off the sixth Vande Bharat Express in the last two months," Modi added.

The prime minister further said that "selfish and mean politics" had always overshadowed the modernisation of the railways in the past.

"Unfortunately, selfish and mean politics had always overshadowed the modernisation of the railways. Large-scale corruption neither let development happen in the railways nor did it let the railways' selection process be transparent," he said.

The regular service of this new Vande Bharat train will start from April 13 and will operate between Ajmer and Delhi Cantonment with stops in Jaipur, Alwar and Gurugram.

It will cover the distance between Delhi Cantonment and Ajmer in five hours and 15 minutes.

The Ajmer-Delhi Cantonment Vande Bharat Express will be the world's first semi high speed passenger train on high rise overhead electric (OHE) territory.

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