Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off 2 Vande Bharat trains from Mumbai to Shirdi and Solapur
At an event at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai, Modi first flagged off the CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express
He later flagged off another semi high-speed train linking the financial capital to Sainagar Shirdi temple town in Ahmednagar district
The Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat Express will cover the 455 km distance between Mumbai and the textile city in 6 hours and 30 minutes, saving nearly 1 hour in current timings
The Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express will take 5 hours and 25 minutes to cover the 343 km distance to the temple town
The one-way fare without catering service on the CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat train will be Rs 1,000 for chair car and Rs 2,015 for executive chair car
The fares for the two classes with catering will be Rs 1,300 and Rs 2,365 respectively, a CR official said
The one-way journey ticket without catering service for CSMT to Sainagar Shirdi will be Rs 840 and Rs 1670 for chair car and executive chair car respectively
The ticket prices with catering service will be Rs 975 and Rs 1840 respectively
Later, PM Modi e-inaugurated the Vakola-Kurla and MTNL-Lal Bahadur Shastri elevated corridor arms of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road, a critical east-west connector
He also pressed the button to open a new vehicular underpass in Kurar village in north-Mumbai's Malad suburb connecting the Western Express Highway to ease traffic congestion in that area besides linking Kurar with Malad station
Modi also inaugurated the prestigious Dawoodi Bohra seat of learning – the Mumbai campus of the 'Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah' at Marol, in the presence of the spiritual head Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis & other dignitaries