DRM giving information about Vande Bharat train
– Photo: Amar Ujala
Expansion
The second Vande Bharat train of Moradabad division and the first to pass through Moradabad Junction will be inaugurated on March 12. This train will run between Dehradun and Lucknow. PM Narendra Modi can flag it off through virtual medium. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami can attend the program at Dehradun station.
DRM Rajkumar Singh gave this information in a press conference. He said that all the senior officers will reach Dehradun on March 12 for the inaugural program of Vande Bharat. The train will leave from there at around 9 am and reach Moradabad railway station at 12:30 pm. All the officers will come to Moradabad by train.
Cultural programs will be organized here. Many passengers will also board the train. After this it will be sent to Lucknow. In between, Vande Bharat will also stop for five minutes at Bareilly station. DRM Rajkumar Singh says that the train will reach Lucknow before 7 pm.
When will regular operations start, not announced
DRM Rajkumar Singh said that the Railway Board has not announced the date for the regular operation of Vande Bharat. The fare list has also not been released yet. The train number, route and timing have been decided. The board has also said that the train will run six days a week except Monday.
After the date is announced, it will leave from Lucknow at 515 am on Tuesday. It will reach Bareilly at 8:33 and Moradabad at 9:52. It will reach Haridwar at 12:10 pm and Dehradun at 1:35 pm. In return from there, it will leave at 2:25 pm, reach Haridwar at 3:26 pm, Moradabad at 5:40 pm, Bareilly at 7:03 pm and reach Lucknow at 10:40 pm.
People had been demanding for a long time that Vande Bharat Express should pass through Moradabad. We have made preparations for its inauguration. The train will run from Moradabad division only and will also pass through Moradabad and Bareilly stations. – Rajkumar Singh, DRM
