Vande Bharat Train Mumbai-Shirdi & Mumbai-Solapur Inauguration Highlights: PM Modi flags off semi high-speed trains from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

Vande Bharat Train Inauguration Live: PM Modi inaugurates other development projects in Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates development projects in Mumbai in the presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. pic.twitter.com/mvs8F5swDR

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Vande Bharat Express Train Launch Live: PM Modi flags off Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express. pic.twitter.com/k6KZpQUT0b

— ANI (@ANI) February 10, 2023

Mumbai-Solapur train, the ninth Vande Bharat train to be launched in the country will connect the country's commercial capital to the City of Textiles and Hutatmas in Maharashtra and ensure faster connectivity to pilgrimage centres such as Siddheshwar in Solapur, Akkalkot, Tuljapur, Pandharpur near Solapur and Alandi near Pune.

(ANI Inputs)

 

Vande Bharat Express Train Launch Live: Check full schedule 

Here's the schedule for regular run of the new Vande Bharat Express.
CSMT Mumbai - Sainagar Shirdi VB Exp. will run daily except Tue. and CSMT Mumbai - Solapur VB Exp. will run daily except Wed. ex. CSMT & except Thu. ex. Solapur.#AmchiVande #VandeBharat #VandeBharatExpress pic.twitter.com/9BvKdBV5Fj

— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) February 10, 2023

Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat inauguration Live: Ticket price 

The one-way fare without catering service on the CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat train will be Rs 1,000 for chair car and Rs 2,015 for executive chair car, while the fares for the two classes with catering will be Rs 1,300 and Rs 2,365, respectively.

Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat Train Inauguration Live: Ticket price of Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat Train

The one-way journey ticket without catering service for CSMT to Sainagar Shirdi will be Rs 840 and Rs 1670 for chair car and executive chair car, respectively, while the ticket prices with catering service will be Rs 975 and Rs 1840, respectively, he added.

PM Modi Mumbai visit

PM will inaugurate Vakola-Kurla and MTNL-LBS (Lal Bahadur Shastri) elevated corridor arms on Santacruz-Chembur Link Road, a key east-west corridor in the city, and vehicular underpasses at Kurar and Malad in western suburbs. These arms connect the Western Express Highway to the Eastern Express Highway. The Kurar underpass is crucial to ease traffic on WEH and connect Malad and Kurar sides of the busy highway. It will allow pedestrians to cross the road with ease and also vehicles to move without having to get onto the heavy traffic on WEH. This will be Modi's second visit to the city in less than a month. On January 19, the PM inaugurated and laid foundation stones for infrastructure and healthcare projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore in the financial capital. His visit assumes significance in view of the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls.

Vande Bharat Train Inauguration Live: Other inaugurations by PM Modi in Mumbai 

PM Modi will inaugurate a new campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah (The Saifee Academy), the principal educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohra community, at Marol in suburban Andheri and dedicate infrastructure projects to the nation. Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah is working to protect the learning traditions and literary culture of the community. 

Vande Bharat Express Train Launch Live

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, among other dignitaries, will be present at the CSMT function.

Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat inauguration LIVE: Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat to improve connectivity important pilgrimage centres

The Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat train will improve connectivity of important pilgrimage centres in Maharashtra like Nashik, Trimbakeshwar, Sainagar Shirdi and Shani Singanapur. 

Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat inauguration LIVE: Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat train to improve connectivity to pilgrimage centres 

The CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat train will improve connectivity between the two cities and also facilitate travel to important pilgrimage centres like Siddheshwar in Solapur, Akkalkot, Tuljapur, Pandharpur near Solapur and Alandi in Pune district. 

Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat inauguration LIVE: Total Vande Bharat train in India goes up to 10 

The total count of semi high-speed trains in the country has now gone up to 10. 

Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat inauguration LIVE: Number of Vande Bharat trains running from Mumbai increases to three

With today's launch, the number of Vande Bharat Express trains running from Mumbai will increase to three.

Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat inauguration LIVE: PM to flag off 2 Vande Bharat trains shortly

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off two Vande Bharat trains from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) today. PM will first flag off CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express in the afternoon and soon after the second semi high-speed train linking the financial capital to Sainagar Shirdi, a temple town in Ahmednagar district.