The Railway Ministry has announced three new Amrit Bharat trains and one passenger train for Kerala. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off all three Amrit Bharat trains on January 23 during his visit to Thiruvananthapuram. The new services are: Nagercoil-Mangaluru Amrit Bharat Express, Thiruvananthapuram-Tambaram Amrit Bharat Express, Thiruvananthapuram-Hyderabad Amrit Bharat Express, and the Guruvayur-Thrissur passenger train. The Nagercoil-Mangaluru and Thiruvananthapuram-Hyderabad Amrit Bharat trains will run through Kottayam. The Thiruvananthapuram-Tambaram Amrit Bharat train will run via Nagercoil. The Guruvayur-Thrissur train will be a daily MEMU passenger service. Railway officials said these trains were allotted after reports that Kerala was left out of the initial list of states receiving new Amrit Bharat Express trains. Initially, these trains will run weekly with stops at major stations in Kerala. These non-AC trains can carry over 1,800 passengers and have a design speed of over 130 km per hour. But in Kerala, their speed will be set by railway safety limits. They will run with two engines, one in front and one at the back, and reach up to 110 km per hour at selected sections. Some sections like Ernakulam-Shoranur will have lower speeds. On January 23, after PM Modi flags off the trains at around 10:45 a.m. from Thiruvananthapuram, the Amrit Bharat trains will receive warm welcomes at major stations across Kerala. One train’s rake has already arrived at Thiruvananthapuram north station as of January 19.