The Southern Railway is making extensive arrangements for the inaugural run of the second Vande Bharat train allotted to Kerala.
The train will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function to be held on Sunday at 11 a.m. through videoconferencing from New Delhi, along with eight other trains allotted for various railway divisions across the country.
The inaugural service will be accorded grand public receptions at Payyannur, Kannur, Thalassery, Kozhikode, Tirur, Shoranur Junction Thrissur, Ernakulam Junction, Alappuzha, Kayamkulam Junction, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram stations, said a senior railway official.