PM Modi to Flag Off Two New Vande Bharat Trains From Mumbai to Shirdi, Solapur on February 10

The Indian Railways is going to see an addition of two new Vande Bharat Express trains from Mumbai, to Shirdi and Solapur. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to flag off the new trains during his visit to Mumbai on February 10. Both trains will commence from Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSMT).

Ahead of the inaugural event, drones and flying activities have been banned in some areas of Mumbai, including the jurisdiction of Airport PS, Sahar PS, Colaba PS, MRA Marg PS, MIDC PS and Andheri PS.

Shirdi and Solapur are pilgrimage towns significant for Maharashtrians. The inaugural run will take place at the same time at 3 pm on February 10, as one train will head from CSMT to Shirdi, and another from Solapur to CSMT.

PM Modi will be reaching Mumbai sometime in February for the opening of the Dawoodi Bohra community’s Arabic Academy in Andheri East, a report said.

Both the new trains will run six days a week, except on Wednesdays from CSMT and on Thursdays from Solapur. The timings of the trains are: 6:15 am from CSMT, to arrive in Shirdi at 12:10 pm; 5:25 pm from Shirdi, to arrive in CSMT at 11:18 pm.

The key halts of these trains will be Nashik, Thane and Dadar.

Currently, a Vande Bharat Express is running between Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar Capital city. According to finance ministry sources, the central government is likely to announce 300-400 Vande Bharat Express trains in the upcoming budget.

The Vande Bharat trains that are running presently in India, are between New Delhi-Varanasi, New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in Jammu and Kashmir, Mumbai-Gandhinagar, New Delhi-Amb Andaura in Himachal Pradesh, Chennai-Mysuru, Howrah-New Jalpaiguri, Bilaspur-Nagpur and Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam.

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