PM Modi Flags Off Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Train — IN PICS

PM Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the Vande Bharat train service between Secunderabad in Telangana and the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.

vande bharat

The flagging off ceremony of Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam, was held on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (Source: PTI)

"Vande Bharat is a true replica of India which is coming out of the mentality of dependence and moving towards Atmanirbharta (self-reliance)," PM Modi said before flagging off the train. (Source: PTI)

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during the flagging off ceremony of Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam, in Secunderabad. (Source: PTI)

The first Vande Bharat Express train to operate between the two Telugu states will cover Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam in eight and a half hours. The Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express (20833) will start at 05.45 AM and reach Secunderabad at 2.15 PM. (Source: PTI)

It will leave Secunderabad at 3 PM and reach Visakhapatnam at 11.30 PM. In between, the train will stop at Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Khammam and Warangal in both the directions. (Source: PTI)

Security personnel with a sniffer dog check a coach of Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam before its flagging off ceremony, in Secunderabad. (Source: PTI)