Five new Vande Bharat Express trains launched on Indian Railways network

Bhopal, India (Urban Transport News): Making a history in Rail transport sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off five Vande Bharat Express trains on various routes of Indian Railways network from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Prime Minister gave a go ahead to these five trains from Rani Kamalapati Railway Station in Bhopal at around 11 am.

The five Vande Bharat Express trains are Rani Kamalapati-Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express, Khajuraho-Bhopal-Indore Vande Bharat Express, Madgaon (Goa)-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express, Dharwad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express, and Hatia-Patna Vande Bharat Express.

1. Rani Kamalapati (Bhopal)-Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express

This semi-high speed train will connect Madhya Pradesh Mahakaushal region (Jabalpur) to the Central region (Bhopal). Madhya Pradesh's second semi-high speed will operate between the two cities at the speed of 130 kmph. The train is expected to be faster by about 30 minutess as compared to the existing fastest train on the route.

2. Khajuraho-Bhopal-Indore Vande Bharat Express

Madhya Pradesh's third semi-high speed train will operate between the state's Malwa region (Indore), Bundelkhand region (Khajuraho) and Central Region (Bhopal). The train is expected to benefit the tourist sites like Mahakaleshwar, Mandu, Maheshwar, Khajuraho, Panna. The train is expected be about about 2 hours and 30 minutes faster than the fastest existing train on the route.

3. Mumbai- Madgaon (Goa) Vande Bharat Express

Being's Goa's first semi-high speed train, it will operate between Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Goa’s Madgaon station. The train will operate six days a week excpet Friday. The train is expected to save the journey time by about an hour as compared to the existing trains on the route. The railway ministry had cancelled the launch of the Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train after the Odisha tragedy.

4. Bengaluru-Dharwad Vande Bharat Express

This train will connect key cities like Dharwad, Hubballi and Davangere - with state capital Bengaluru. The train is expected to be faster by about thirty minutes as compared to the existing fastest train in the route. This will be second Vande Bharat train for Karnataka as the first one runs between Chennai, Bengaluru and Mysuru.

5. Hatia-Patna Vande Bharat Express 

This is the first Vande Bharat Express train for Jharkhand and Bihar. The train will connect Tatisilwai, Mersa, Shanki, Barkakana, Hazaribag, Koderma and Gaya. It is expected save about 1 hour and 25 minutes journey time, when compared with the current fastest train on the route.

With launching of these trains, the total Vande Bharat Express trains on Indian Railways network are talling to 23.