Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Assam’s first Vande Bharat Express on Monday via video conferencing.

The state-of-the-art Vande Bharat Express will provide people of the region the means to travel with speed and comfort.

It will also boost tourism in the region. Connecting Guwahati with New Jalpaiguri, the train will help save about an hour of journey time, when compared with the current fastest train connecting the two places. Vande Bharat will cover the journey in 5.30 hours, while the current fastest train takes 6.30 hours to cover the same journey.

Modi will also dedicate 182 Route kilometers of newly electrified sections. This will help provide pollution-free transportation with trains running at higher speeds and reduced running time of trains. It will also open the doors for trains running on electric traction to enter Meghalaya.

The Prime Minister will also inaugurate a newly constructed DEMU/MEMU shed at Lumding in Assam. This new facility will be helpful for maintaining DEMU rakes operating in this region, leading to better operational feasibility.

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