Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train to be flagged off on June 26

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The Vande Bharat train on the Mumbai-Goa route along with four more new routes will be operational from June 26, as per the railway official. The inaugural ceremony of the Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train which was earlier scheduled on June 3, was cancelled due to the Colamandel train accident.

The Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who had arrived for the Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train inaugural event in Goa has to rush to Balasore district where the accident occurred to take stock of the situation.

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The operation of Vande Bharat trains on five more routes from June 26 will be the first launch after the three-train accident in Odisha. The train accident which occurred on June 2 claimed 288 lives.

The routes on which the five trains will run are - Mumbai-Goa, Bangalore-Hubli, Patna-Ranchi, Bhopal-Indore and Bhopal-Jabalpur.

According to railway officials, PM Narendra Modi is expected to launch the semi-high-speed trains via video conferencing.

This is the first time that five Vande Bharat trains will start operations on the same day.

(with inputs from PTI)