South India’s first Vande Bharat Express trial run begins, formal launch on Nov 11

Chennai, November 07: Indian Railways on Monday started the trial run of to be launched Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat Express from Chennai’s MG Ramachandran Central Railway station. The train will cover the 504 kilometers distance between the two cities in around six and a half hours.

 

The express, which is south India’s first and India’s fifth Vande Bharat train, will be flagged off by Prime Minister Modi on November 11 from Bengaluru. The high-speed rail will have a single stop at Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (KRS) Station in Bengaluru.

 

Additional Divisional Railway Manager in Chennai Ananth Rupanagudi on Sunday tweeted a video of the train entering the Chennai railway jurisdiction and said, “so finally the good news is here. The Vande Bharat Train rolls into the jurisdiction of the Chennai division for tomorrow’s trial run up to Mysuru!"

 

 

 

The train will run six days a week, except Wednesday. The express will leave Chennai Central at 5:50 am and reach Mysuru at 12:30 pm with one stop at Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (KRS) Station in Bengaluru. The train will pass Perambur, Veppampattu, Katpadi Junction, Gudupalli, and Malur.

 

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