Modi flags off Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat virtually

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the much-awaited Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat train from the IIMB auditorium. The service will provide fast and modern rail connectivity between Bengaluru, coastal Karnataka and Goa.

It will link major centres including Hassan, Sakleshpura, Mangaluru, Udupi, Murudeshwar, Gokarna and Karwar before reaching Madgaon in Goa, covering a distance of about 670 kilometres.

At the same time, he inaugurated the Amrit Bharat stations redeveloped at Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpura and Subrahmanya Road. PM Modi also inaugurated the electrification of the 55-kilometre Sakleshpura-Subrahmanya Road ghat section, thereby completing electrification of the entire Bengaluru-Mangaluru railway route.

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