PM inaugurates Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station Amrit Bharat trains commence operations as PM flags off two new Amrit Bharat trains
The Prime Minister informed about the new train series ‘Amrit Bharat’ trains after Vande Bharat and Namo Bharat and expressed delight that the first Amrit Bharat train is going through Ayodhya. He congratulated people of UP, Delhi, Bihar, West Bengal and Karnataka for getting these trains today.
These trains have been designed keeping in mind the dignity in the life of the poor”, he added. The Prime Minister also highlighted the role that Vande Bharat trains are playing in linking development with heritage. “The country’s first Vande Bharat Express train ran from Kashi. Today Vande Bharat Express trains are running on 34 routes in the country. Vande Bharat connects Kashi, Katra, Ujjain, Pushkar, Tirupati, Shirdi, Amritsar, Madurai, every such big center of faith.
Phase I of redeveloped Ayodhya Railway Station – known as Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station – is developed at a cost of more than Rs 240 crore. The three-storey modern railway station building is equipped with all modern features like lifts, escalators, food plazas, shops for puja needs, cloak rooms, child care rooms, waiting halls. The station building will be ‘accessible for all’ and ‘IGBC certified green station building’.
The Prime Minister also flagged off six new Vande Bharat Trains.
These include
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express;
- Amritsar-Delhi Vande Bharat Express;
- Coimbatore-Bangalore Cantt Vande Bharat Express;
- Mangalore-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express;
- Jalna-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express
- Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal Vande Bharat Express.
The Prime Minister also dedicated to the nation three railway projects worth Rs 2300 crore to strengthen rail infrastructure in the region.
The projects include
- the Rooma Chakeri-Chanderi third line project;
- JaunpurTulsi Nagar, Akbarpur-Ayodhya, Sohawal-Patranga and Safdarganj-Rasauli sections of the Jaunpur-AyodhyaBarabanki doubling project;
- doubling and electrification project of the Malhaur-Daliganj railway section

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