South Central Railway (SCR) is likely to get two more Vande Bharat Express trains this month – one from Kacheguda to Yeshwantpur and another from Vijayawada to Chennai. Both the trains are expected to be eight-coach trains and could be given the green signal on August 15, Independence Day, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While the entire administration is literally burning the midnight oil currently to be ready for the launch of the first phase of modernisation of 50 (21 in Telangana) stations with expenditure of ₹894-crore by the Prime Minister on virtual mode on Sunday from Delhi as part of the countrywide programme, it is also giving finishing touches to the Vande Bharat train routes where these two new marquee trains are scheduled to be running.
Senior Railway officials, pleading anonymity, stated that electric traction and other infrastructure work is currently on at a frenetic pace to make the system ready to run the 130-kmph Vande Bharat train. The Benguluru-bound train has already started making trial runs through Mahabubnagar–Dhone section and has had attracted the attention of the local people.
