Vande Bharat Big Update: Indian Railways to run third Vande Bharat train in THIS state | Check route, timings, stoppages here

New Delhi: In a major development, the India(BHARAT)n Railways has approved a new Vande Bharat train from Kerala to Bengaluru. It is important to note this will be the third Vande Bharat Express train to operate in Kerala. The train will be maintained by the Southern Railway zone.

The Railway Ministry has instructed the Southern Railway and South Western Railway zones to introduce the service at the earliest possible date. “If required, the inaugural train may be operated as a special service which shall pick up its respective link subsequently,” the notification said.

Here are some of the key details:

• Train number 26651 KSR Bengaluru–Ernakulam Junction Vande Bharat Express will depart from Bengaluru at 5.10 am
• According to a notification issued by the Railway Board on Friday, the train will reach Ernakulam Junction at 1.50 pm.
• The return service, 26652 Ernakulam Junction–KSR Bengaluru, will leave Ernakulam at 2.20 pm and arrive in Bengaluru at 11 pm.
• The train will cover the distance via Coimbatore – Palakkad route in around 7:40 hrs.
• The Vande Bharat train will stop at seven stations: Krishnarajapuram, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad and Thrissur.
• The train will operate six days a week, that is Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday to Sunday.
• It will have seven chair car coaches and one executive air conditioned chair car coach.

This will be the third Vande Bharat Express service in Kerala, after the Thiruvananthapuram–Kasaragod and Thiruvananthapuram–Mangaluru routes.