{"id":64798,"date":"2026-01-17T09:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/pm-modi-flags-off-indias-first-vande-bharat-sleeper-train-between-howrah-and-guwahati\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:16:01","slug":"pm-modi-flags-off-indias-first-vande-bharat-sleeper-train-between-howrah-and-guwahati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/pm-modi-flags-off-indias-first-vande-bharat-sleeper-train-between-howrah-and-guwahati\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Flags Off India\u2019s First Vande Bharat Sleeper Train Between Howrah and Guwahati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the country\u2019s first <strong>Vande Bharat sleeper train<\/strong> connecting Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) from Malda Town station in north Bengal. He also virtually flagged off the return Guwahati\u2013Howrah Vande Bharat sleeper service.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, the Prime Minister interacted with children and school students inside the train, exchanging greetings and discussing their travel experience.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official statement issued by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO), the fully air-conditioned Vande Bharat sleeper train has been developed to meet the growing transportation needs of modern India and will offer passengers an <strong>\u201cairline-like travel experience at economical fares.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The statement said the new service will make long-distance journeys <strong>faster, safer and more convenient<\/strong>. By reducing travel time on the Howrah\u2013Guwahati route by around <strong>2.5 hours<\/strong>, the train is expected to significantly boost <strong>religious tourism and general travel<\/strong> between eastern and northeastern India.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, at a public programme in Malda, the Prime Minister is scheduled to <strong>dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple rail and road infrastructure projects<\/strong> worth about <strong>Rs 3,250 crore<\/strong>, aimed at strengthening connectivity and accelerating development in West Bengal and the North East.<\/p>\n<p>Modi is on a <strong>two-day visit to eastern India<\/strong>, during which he will criss-cross poll-bound West Bengal and Assam. The visit combines major infrastructure launches with strong political messaging as preparations intensify for the <strong>2026 Assembly elections<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the country\u2019s first Vande Bharat sleeper train connecting Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) from Malda Town station in north&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64798","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}