Telangana - Nine Vande Bharat trains to be flagged off on Sunday
The new trains that will be flagged off are — udaipur – jaipur Vande Bharat Express, Tirunelveli-Madurai – chennai Vande Bharat Express, hyderabad – Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express, vijayawada – chennai (via Renigunta) Vande Bharat Express, patna – Howrah Vande Bharat Express, Kasaragod – thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express, Rourkela – bhubaneswar – puri Vande Bharat Express, ranchi – Howrah Vande Bharat Express and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express.
The government said in a statement that these nine trains will improve connection among 11 states, including Rajasthan, tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Gujarat. These Vande Bharat trains would be the swiftest on their respective itineraries, saving passengers a significant amount of time.
As compared to the current fastest train along the route, Rourkela- bhubaneswar – puri Vande Bharat Express and Kasaragod – thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express will be faster by about three hours; hyderabad – Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express by more than 2.5 hours; Tirunelveli-Madurai- chennai Vande Bharat Express by more than two hours; ranchi – Howrah Vande Bharat Express, patna – Howrah Vande Bharat Express and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express by about one hour; and udaipur – jaipur Vande Bharat Express by about half an hour, the statement said.