Kerala gets another Vande Bharat train, centre approves Ernakulam-Bengaluru service: BJP's Chandrasekhar
The service is expected to begin by mid-November
The service is expected to begin by mid-November
The service is expected to begin by mid-November
Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Government has sanctioned a new Vande Bharat train from Ernakulam to Bengaluru via Thrissur and Palakkad, BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday.
The service is expected to begin by mid-November, he said in a Facebook post, expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Rajeev said that Bengaluru is a city where a large number of Keralites, including those in the IT sector, are employed. For a long time, there has been a demand for more trains from Kerala to Bengaluru, Chandrasekhar noted.
"Thank You, Modi! Gratitude to the Central Government for sanctioning a Vande Bharat train from Ernakulam to Bengaluru via Thrissur and Palakkad," he wrote. "We express our thanks to him for taking a favourable decision so quickly," he added.
The former Union minister said the new service would be "a great relief to Keralites in Bengaluru" and once again thanked the Centre for a decision taken "keeping in mind the overall development of Kerala."