Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express train.
Modi flagged off the Vande Bharat Express from Gandhinagar Capital railway station at around 10.30 am. He also took a ride on the train from Gandhinagar to Kalupur railway station in Ahmedabad.
In a report by ANI, PM Modi will also inaugurate phase-I of the Ahmedabad Metro rail project and also launch various projects worth Rs 7,200 crore on the second day of his Gujarat visit on Friday.
From Kalupur station, the prime minister will inaugurate phase-1 of the ambitious and much-awaited Ahmedabad Metro project, completed at a cost of Rs 12,925 crore, a state government release said.