Bengaluru – Coimbatore and Mangaluru – Madgoan launched Vande Bharat Trains Launched
Bengaluru - Coimbatore and Mangaluru - Madgoan launched Vande Bharat Trains Launched (Representational Image )
Karnataka now has five Vande Bharat trains travelling to multiple destinations.
Karnataka got two new Vande Bharat Express trains on Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated six semi-high-speed trains in the country. Vande Bharat trains between Bengaluru – Coimbatore and Mangaluru – Madgaon will be operated with these new additions.
Vande Bharat train between Bengaluru and Coimbatore is expected to benefit a lot of students and business people as both cities have been busy destinations for multiple purposes. In Vande Bharat Express, a 380-kilometer distance is set to be covered in roughly six hours. The train will have stoppages at Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode and Tirupur.
The train will depart from Coimbatore at 5 am to reach Bengaluru Cantonment at 11.30 am. In the return direction, the train will start at 1.40 pm and reach Coimbatore at 8 pm. The average speed will be 60 km, as against 58.5 km of the current fastest train.
The timings have disappointed railway enthusiasts and passengers. They say the travel time should have been less than six hours.
The existing fastest train (12677-78 Bengaluru-Ernakulam-Bengaluru Intercity Express) takes 6 hours and 40 minutes between Bengaluru Cantonment and Coimbatore, according to the railways.
KN Krishna Prasad of the Karnataka Railway Vedike said the Vande Bharat should have run via KR Puram, Bangarpet, and Kuppam. According to him, running the train via Hosur means there will be no intermediate stoppage within Karnataka.
Bookings have already begun and almost all seats are full for the first day.
Vande Bharat train between Mangaluru and Madgaon is the first such semi high-speed train for Karnataka which doesn’t travel through Karnataka. This new service between two coastal cities is expected to boost tourism for both states. The travel time between two cities in Vande Bharat Express is expected to be 4.45 hours and it will be operated on all days except on Thursday. It will have stoppages at Udupi and Karwar between Mangaluru and Madgaon.
Bengaluru currently has Vande Bharat trains to Dharwad, Belagavi, Hubballi, Chennai, Mysuru, Hyderabad and Coimbatore.
