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HYDERABAD: Three southern states got their second Vande Bharat trains, with PM Narendra Modi flagging off the services at Secunderabad and Chennai railway stations on Saturday.The PM invoked Goddess Bhagyalakshmi — after whom he had referred to Hyderabad as Bhagyanagar at the BJP national executive meeting in July last year — as he flagged off the Vande Bharat train, linking the “city of...

CHENNAI: Southern Railway is all set to reduce travel time between Chennai and Bengaluru as it plans to operate premium trains such as Chennai-Bengaluru Shatabdi express and Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat express along with some other trains at 130kmph between Chennai and Jolarpet starting June. As a result, these trains are expected to save between 30 to 45 minutes on the Bengaluru route. However, travel...

KOLKATA: Bengal is getting three more Vande Bharat trains — Howrah-Puri, Howrah-Ranchi and Howrah-Patna. Talks are on for a fourth — Howrah-Varanasi, too.The Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat, flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 30 last year, will be followed by at least three more, Eastern Railway general manager Arun Arora while speaking on ER’s “superlative performance in...

KOLKATA: Eastern Circle commissioner of railway safety (CRS) Suvomoy Mitra, on Friday, inspected the newly constructed (22.13 km) electrified broad gauge line between Hansdiha and Harlatanr stations on Mohanpur–Hansdiha section of Eastern Railway for opening the route for running goods and passenger traffic. Chief administrative officer (construction) VK Srivastava, divisional railway manager,...

CHENNAI: South Western Railway will continue to run biweekly express special fare special trains between Shivamogga Town and MGR Chennai Central till June end.No 06223 Shivamogga Town - MGR Chennai Central biweekly special fare special will leave Shivamogga Town at 7pm on Sundays and Tuesdays (April 2, 4, 9,11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, May 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 and June 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25 and...