West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi present in Delhi, virtually flagged off Northeast India’s first Vande Bharat Express train on Monday. The northeastbound Vande Bharat will run between New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal and Guwahati in Assam.
Today, the North East is getting its first Made in India Vande Bharat Express.
About 145 km between Assam and Meghalaya. The electrification work on the railway track has been completed. The newly constructed Demo Memo shed in Lumding has also been inaugurated today. The last nine years have seen unprecedented achievements for India in building a new India.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flags off the inaugural run of Northeast's first Vande Bharat Express train in Assam. The northeast-bound Vande Bharat will run between New Jalpaiguri Station in West Bengal and Guwahati in Assam. pic.twitter.com/HVIfAEkYCY
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The PM said that before 2014, the railway budget for the North East was Rs. 2,500 crore. It is now over 10,000 crore, which is a 4x increase. All parts of the Northeast will soon be connected through a broad-gauge network. 1 lakh crore is being spent on the same.
“Today is a big day for the rail connectivity of the entire North East including Assam. This Vande Bharat Express will make the life of the people living here easier and this will also give a boost to the tourism sector of the state,” says PM Narendra Modi at the flagging off… pic.twitter.com/ou4eIhdowr
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The proposed semi-high-speed train between New Jalpaiguri and Guwahati will be the first in the Northeast, the third in West Bengal, and the 18th Vande Bharat Express train in the country.
“The Vande Bharat Express will boost business and tourism by connecting key destinations such as Kamakhya Temple, Kaziranga Sanctuary, Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam, Shillong and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya, and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh,” says PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/JI0eEDSr5Q
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The New Jalpaiguri-Guwahati Vande Bharat Express will cover a distance of 410 km in six hours. It will run six days a week and stop at six stations, including New-Jalpaiguri and Guwahati Junction, New Alipurduar, Kokrajhar, New Bongaigaon, and Kamakhya.
“Before 2014, Railway’s budget for North East was ₹2,500 Crore. Now it is more ₹10.000 crore, which is 4X growth. All parts of the Northeast will soon be connected via the broad-gauge network. ₹1 lakh crore is being spent on the same,” says PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/GZzaIRkvVD
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“Three works related to the connectivity of North East are going on. North East is getting the first Made in India Vande Bharat. This is the third Vande Bharat connecting West Bengal and electrification work on about 425 km of track in Assam and Meghalaya has been completed,”… pic.twitter.com/DNe7JRyuE7
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The train will leave New Jalpaiguri Junction at 6.10 a.m. and reach Guwahati in the afternoon. The Vande Bharat Express will depart from Guwahati at 4.30 p.m. and reach New Jalpaiguri at around 10.20 p.m.
