New Delhi: The Vande Bharat Express train running from the country's capital Delhi to Vaishno Devi Katra will be flagged off for the first time today. In Modi Government 2.0, Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the Vande Bharat Express. At present, Amit Shah is present on the Vandebharat Express along with Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and several ministers.

However, regular service of Vande Bharat Express will be started from October 5. The start of this train will save passengers about 4 hours. Booking for this has started. The Vande Bharat Express, will reach Katra at 5.50 pm passing through Ambala, Ludhiana, Jammu and Tawi.The Vande Bharat Express will return from Katra at 3 pm, which will return to New Delhi at 11 pm.

Giving information about the Vande Bharat Express train, railway officials have said that there are 16 coaches in this train, of which 14 are of chair car and 2 are of executive class. Each chair car coach has 78 chairs. The train can carry 1100 passengers, whose booking has been started and from October 5 this train will travel every day from Delhi to Katra and from Katra to New Delhi.

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