Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off 10 Vande Bharat trains from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, in a major boost to the country's infrastructure space. That was part of the PM's visit to the Operation Control Centre of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation in Ahmedabad where he dedicated a host of railway and petrochemical projects worth over Rs 1,06,000 crore. Not only most of the states have got Vande Bharat trains but also "the century of Vande Bharat Trains has already been hit", the PM said. The Vande Bharat network is touching 250 districts of the country, he said. 

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Here's a list of the 10 new Vande Bharat trains: 

  • Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central
  • Secunderabad - Visakhapatnam
  • Mysuru - Dr MGR Central (Chennai)
  • Patna - Lucknow
  • New Jalpaiguri - Patna
  • Puri - Visakhapatnam
  • Lucknow - Dehradun
  • Kalaburagi - Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru
  • Ranchi - Varanasi
  • Khajuraho - Delhi (Nizamuddin)

The Prime Minister also said that the government’s emphasis is to make Indian Railways a medium for aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) and Vocal for Local. 

“Indian Railways will continue to move ahead at the pace of modernity. This is Modi's guarantee," the PM added. 

Describing the transformation of the Railways as "the guarantee of Viksit Bharat", the Prime Minister acknowledged the sector's critical role in a nation becoming developed and economically competent.  

The PM also flagged off the extension of four Vande Bharat trains. Here's the list:

  • Ahmedabad-Jamnagar Vande Bharat extended till Dwarka
  • Ajmer-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Vande Bharat extended till Chandigarh
  • Gorakhpur-Lucknow Vande Bharat extended till Prayagraj
  • Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod Vande Bharat extended till Mangaluru

"In deference to people’s wishes, routes of Vande Bharat are being extended," the PM said. 

With inputs from agencies