Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off the third Vande Bharat Express train for Odisha via a video conferencing programme in Ahmedabad.
The Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat Express among 10 new Vande Bharat trains flagged off during the programme.
It is the third Vande Bharat train launched in Odisha so far.
According to sources, this train will run six days a week except Saturdays. The starting timing of this train from Bhubaneswar is at 5.15 am and will reach Vizag at 11 am. While returning, it would start at 3.30 pm from Vizag and reach Bhubaneswar at 9:30 pm.
Earlier, the train service was initially envisioned to operate between Visakhapatnam and Puri. But the originating station was changed later to Bhubaneswar.
Also, Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated various railway projects worth more than Rs 85,000 crore across the country, including various projects in Odisha.
PM laid the foundation stone and dedicated 274 railway projects in Odisha on Tuesday.
These projects includes 162 electronic interlocking systems, 41 One Station One Product (OSOP) stalls, 50 solar power stations, five goods sheds, nine new line, doubling and third line projects, four auto signalling systems, one GatiSakthi terminal, one Jan Aushadhi Kendra and one railway coach restaurant.
