Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy are likely to participate in the flagging-off ceremony of the new Vande Bharat Express towards Yasvantpur at Kacheguda railway station on Sunday.
Similarly, Andhra Pradesh Governor A. Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and others are likely to participate in the event to flag off the Vande Bharat Express towards Chennai at Vijayawada railway station. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be virtually flagging off the trains from New Delhi, said South Central Railway (SCR) on Friday.
Kacheguda (Hyderabad)–Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express train will be operated between Kacheguda and Yesvantpur with halts in Mahabubnagar in Telangana and Kurnool, Anantapur and Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh. It will run six days a week (no service on Wednesdays) and will start from Kacheguda at 5.30 a.m. and reach Yasvantpur at 2 p.m.. In the return direction, it will start from Yasvantpur at 2.45 p.m. and reach Kacheguda at 11.15 p.m..
