First Vande Metro train renamed as Namo Bharat Rapid Rail in Gujarat

India’s first Vande Metro train has been renamed as ‘Namo Bharat Rapid Rail’, top sources in the Indian Railways said. The much-awaited launch of the indigenously built train is slated for Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a two-day visit to Gujarat, will



inaugurate the country’s first Namo Bharat Rapid Rail service in Gujarat on Monday, a day ahead of his birthday.

The Namo Bharat Rapid Rail will connect Bhuj (Gujarat’s Kutch district) with the capital Ahmedabad, thereby covering a distance of 360 kilometres in less than 6 hours.