Thursday 10 November 2022

South India to get its first Vande Bharat train today : Vande Bharat train will run between Mysuru and Chennai.

 Benguluru :Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday flag off India's fifth Vande Bharat from Bengaluru, making it the first semi-high-speed train in the South. The train will run between Mysuru and Chennai and help cut travel time. It will be inaugurated at KSR Bengaluru station and arrive in Chennai later.

Passengers travelling from Chennai to Mysore will be charged 1,200 for a car chair and 2,295 for executive class; those traveling from Mysore to Chennai will have to pay 1,365 and 2,486 respectively.

Passengers travelling from Chennai to Mysore will be charged 1,200 for a car chair and 2,295 for executive class; those traveling from Mysore to Chennai will have to pay 1,365 and 2,486 respectively.


 

 

The first Vande Bharat Express train was flagged off on February 15, 2019, on the New Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi route.

Vande Bharat Express : The Vande Bharat Express, previously known as Train 18, is a semi-high-speed, electric multiple unit train operated by the Indian Railways on 5 routes as of November 2022.  

Speed: Vande Bharat Express has a maximum commercial speed of 160 km/h. It exceeded 180 km/h during testing, but its tracks are not capable of supporting such high speeds; thus the train is operated at a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph). 

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