Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, along with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, today flagged off the Gwalior-Bengaluru express train. The train will run from Gwalior on every Friday and from Bengaluru on Sunday. The regular service will begin from Bengaluru on 29th June and from Gwalior on 4th July.

Addressing the event through video conferencing, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that with the launch of this train, the people of Gwalior, Guna and Bhopal will get a lot of benefits. Mr Vaishnaw highlighted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken several initiatives for the development of railways in Madhya Pradesh. He said, ten years ago, the railway budget of Madhya Pradesh was 632 crore rupees, which has increased to 14 thousand 745 crore rupees. Mr Vaishnaw said two thousand 651 kilometres of new tracks have been built in the last eleven years, which is more than the total rail network of Denmark.