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

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)