The Indian Railway successfully completed the trial run of Kerala’s first Vande Bharat Express from Thiruvananthapuram to Kannur on Monday.
The trial run started from Thiruvananthapuram railway station at 5:10 am and reached Kannur at 12:30 pm. Meanwhile, top officials of the Thiruvananthapuram division and engineering department authorities joined the journey to Kannur.
On April 14, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Vishukaineettam” (gift) this year is the Vande Bharat train service for Kerala.
