Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat Express test run begins
Indian Railways on Monday started the trial run of to be launched Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat Express from Chennai’s MG Ramachandran Central Railway station.
The Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat Express train will be flagged off by PM Modi on November 11, the first such indigenously-built high-speed rail in the southern part of India and the country’s fifth.
The first Vande Bharat Express train was flagged off on February 15, 2019, on the New Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi route.
The government has dedicated significant efforts towards strengthening the ‘Make in India’ campaign, and Vande Bharat Express is one of the success stories.
In his address to the nation on August 15, 2021, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Modi announced that during the 75 weeks of the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence, 75 Vande Bharat trains will connect every corner of the country.