Indian Railways to deploy Vande Bharat Express trains on Delhi-Khajuraho route soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw
18 Apr 2022 17:34:25
New Delhi, April 18: Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, during his visit to Bundelkhand, announced that the Vande Bharat Express train will run between Khajuraho in MP's Chhatarpur district and New Delhi. Vaishnaw said that two rake points have been approved at Chhatarpur and Khajuraho.
The Khajuraho railway station falls under the North Central Railway. People visit Khajuraho mostly for seeing the Khajuraho groups of temples and monuments as UNESCO- heritage.
In a related development, Vaishnaw said that rail tickets can now be obtained from 45,000 post offices. The scheme was launched in UP in January with the ticket booking facility available in around 9,147 post offices across the state.
Vaishnaw also informed that "One Station One Product Scheme" is also being expanded so that local level products will be made available in the market through stations. 1000 stations will be included under this scheme, in which Chhatarpur station will also be included. "Limestone industries near Panna are important. Panna is to be linked with Railways," he said.
"Soon Rail Over Bridge / Road Under Bridge (ROB/RUB) will be constructed at important places," he said while mentioning the operation of Bharat Gaurav trains like Ramayana Express, the electrification of which is to be completed by August.
"By that time, Vande Bharat will also start rolling out. The vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is to serve the people and has to be followed in spirit while doing development of the region," he added.
The Khajuraho railway station falls under the North Central Railway. People visit Khajuraho mostly for seeing the Khajuraho groups of temples and monuments as UNESCO- heritage.
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He also said that the operation of Bharat Gaurav trains, like Ramayana Express and others would also be done. Speaking about the redevelopment of Khajuraho railway station, he announced to develop it into a world-class station within short time frame.
In a related development, Vaishnaw said that rail tickets can now be obtained from 45,000 post offices. The scheme was launched in UP in January with the ticket booking facility available in around 9,147 post offices across the state.
Vaishnaw also informed that "One Station One Product Scheme" is also being expanded so that local level products will be made available in the market through stations. 1000 stations will be included under this scheme, in which Chhatarpur station will also be included. "Limestone industries near Panna are important. Panna is to be linked with Railways," he said.