Berhampur, Sept 15: Scores of school students of Odisha got a free ride in the Berhampur-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Expres) on its inaugural run on Sunday.
As many as 150 students of the East Coast Railway Mixed Higher Secondary school, Khordha boarded the train to take a free ride to the Khurda Junction during its inaugural run.
The students expressed their happiness after deboarding from the train as for many of them the train journey was a first time experience.
I am really happy that I got the chance to come here with my friends. The services in the trains have improved significantly including the safety, automated doors and clean washrooms. The country is developing at a good rate, said a student, Priyanka Sahoo.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off six Vande Bharat trainS at Tatanagar, during his visit to Jharkhand, including two Odisha specific trains.
Two Odisha-specific trains will connect Berhampur with Tatanagar and Rourkela with Howrah.
According to East Coast Railway (ECoR), Berhampur-Tatanagar Vande Bharat will have stoppages at Banspani, Keonjhar, Harichandanpur, Jakhapura, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road and Balugaon in Odisha.
The Rourkela-Howrah Vande Bharat will have only three stoppages between the originating and destination stations and pass through Chakradharpur, Tatanagar and Kharagpur.
