Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off Kerala's first Vande Bharat Express in Thiruvananthapuram.
Here are 5 facts on the big story:
- The Vande Bharat Express will cover 11 districts Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur, and Kasargod.
- The Vande Bharat train will connect Thiruvananthapuram with the northernmost Kasaragod district.
- The Vande Bharat Express will operate six days a week except on Thursdays. The train will depart from Thiruvananthapuram at 5.20 am and reach Kasaragod at 1.25 pm reducing average travel time by nearly three hours.
- According to the Railways, the fare for the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod journey starts at Rs 1,590 (chair car) going up as high as Rs 2,880 (executive class) while the Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram journey would cost Rs 1,520 (chair car) and Rs 2,815 (executive class).
- The new train is being seen by many as an alternative to the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government's semi-high-speed rail project SilverLine.
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