PM inaugurates Nagpur–Pune Vande Bharat Express, travel time comes down to 12 hours

The Prime Minister flagged off the Nagpur (Ajni)–Pune train through video conferencing.

Mumbai | Updated: August 10, 2025 09:53 PM IST

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PM Narendra Modi from the flagging off ceremony of three Vande Bharat Express trains across India, including Maharashtra’s Nagpur–Pune Vande Bharat Express, India’s longest running Vande Bharat train. (Source: X/ Devendra Fadnavis)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday inaugurated the Nagpur–Pune Vande Bharat Express by flagging it off through video conferencing. The ceremony was organised at Platform No 8 of the Central Railway Station in Mumbai in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari.

MLAs Mohan Mate, Krishna Khopde, Praveen Datke, Central Railway General Manager Dharmveer Meena, Divisional Railway Manager Vinayak Garg, and other Central Railway officials were also present on the occasion. The Prime Minister flagged off the Nagpur (Ajni)–Pune train through video conferencing. At the same event, he also inaugurated the Bengaluru–Belagavi and Katra–Amritsar Vande Bharat Express trains.

The Nagpur (Ajni)–Pune Vande Bharat Express will make it possible to cover the distance from Nagpur to Pune in about 12 hours, thus saving considerable travel time compared to earlier. On its journey from Nagpur to Pune, the Ajni–Pune Vande Bharat Express will halt at Wardha, Badnera, Akola, Bhusawal, Jalgaon, Manmad, Kopargaon, Ahilyanagar and Daund stations, before reaching Pune via the Daund chord line.

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