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Vande Bharat | NATION

Vande Bharat Express Passenger-friendly Today, trains like Vande Bharat,

is equipped with travel to promote Namo Bharat, and Amrit Bharat
tourism
numerous features n Promote regional are laying the foundation for
the next generation of Indian
connectivity. Railways. This is a complete
n 140 seconds to reach a speed of n Reduce travel time.
160 km/h. n Offer passengers modern, campaign to transform Indian
n A joyful, comfortable, and safe comfortable, and efficient Railways. Vande Bharat is
journey. travel options. a train built for Indians, by
n Infotainment system in every coach. n Promote regional Indians, and for Indians. Every
n Air conditioning ducts for development, tourism, Indian is proud of it.
better ventilation and even heat and economic Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
distribution. prosperity.
n Bio-vacuum toilets with touch-free
features. Vande Bharat Express makes travel easier & faster...
n Enhanced fire safety measures in all n Banaras-Khajuraho Vande hour of travel time.
coaches. Bharat: Direct connectivity has n irozpur-Delhi Vande Bharat:
F
n Equipped with Kavach (Train been established on this route. The fastest train on this route. It
Collision Avoidance System). Saving approximately 2 hours will complete the journey in just
n Special toilets for the disabled and and 40 minutes compared to the 6 hours and 40 minutes.
information in Braille. currently operating trains. n Ernakulam-Bengaluru Vande
n Emergency lighting, emergency n Lucknow-Saharanpur Vande Bharat: Travel time will be
windows, and talk bank units in all Bharat: Travel time will be reduced by more than 2
coaches. approx 7 hours and 45 minutes. hours. This will take 8 hours
This will save approximately 1 and 40 minutes.

4 new Vande Bharat
Express trains depart
for new destinations
Varanasi-Khajuraho

Lucknow-Saharanpur

Ferozepur - Delhi

Ernakulam - Bengaluru

the pilgrimage experience. Last year, 11 Crore devo- transport companies, local artists, and boatmen. As a
tees visited Kashi to visit Baba Vishwanath. Since the result, hundreds of young people in Banaras are now
construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, more starting new businesses in every field, from transpor-
than 6 Crore people have taken obeisance of Ram tation to Banarasi sarees. All this is opening doors to
Lalla. These pilgrims have benefited Uttar Pradesh’s prosperity for Kashi as well as Uttar Pradesh. n
economy by thousands of crores of rupees. They are Scan the QR code to watch the
a source of steady income for hotels, businesses, Prime Minister’s full programme.

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