New Jalpaiguri, Jan. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India's first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) at Malda Town Railway Station on Saturday, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.

The Prime Minister will also virtually flag off four new the Amrit Bharat Express trains.

"PM Modi is giving West Bengal a gift of more than one dozen new trains. The first service of Vande Bharat sleeper trains will start tomorrow from Guwahati to Kolkata. PM Modi will inaugurate it... 101 stations are being reconstructed in West Bengal under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme," Vaishnaw said.

"A budget of Rs 13,000 crore has been allocated by PM Modi for railway development in West Bengal," ...