The train will be operated at a speed of 71.74 kmph, and cover 12 districts in three states: Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.
Vande Bharat express (RailMinIndia/ Twitter)
Here’s good news for railway passengers travelling between the two tech cities of Hyderabad and Bengaluru: The Union government is starting the service of a Vande Bharat Express between the cities from Sunday, 24 September.
Barring every Wednesday, the train services will be available on all days from Kacheguda to Bengaluru, covering 610 km in 8 hours and 30 minutes, as against the existing travel time of 11 hours and 20 minutes.
The train is expected to be operated at a speed of 71.74 kmph, covering 12 districts in three states — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
This will be the third Vande Bharat train service for Telangana.
The first one is the service between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam, and the second one is between Secunderabad and Tirupati.
The Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam train was flagged off as a gift on account of the Sankranti festival, while the Secunderabad-Tirupati service started on the occasion of the Ugadi festival.
The Vande Bharat train between Kacheguda and Bengaluru will be flagged off in connection with the ongoing 11-day Ganesh festivities in the city.
This will be the seventh Vande Bharat Express train in South India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the train services virtually from New Delhi on Sunday.
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy, and other dignitaries are expected to be present at the ceremony to be conducted at the Kacheguda Railway Station.
On the day of the inauguration, the train will depart from Kacheguda railway station at 12.30 pm.
From the next day, it will leave Kacheguda as per its schedule at 5.30 am, and reach Yeshwantpur in Bengaluru at 2.15 pm.
En route, it will stop at Mahabubnagar at 6.59 am, Kurnool City at 8.39 am, and Anantapur at 10.54 am.
On the return journey the same day, the train will depart from Yeshwantpur at 3 pm and reach Kacheguda at 11.15 pm.
The Vande Bharat trains are lighter and have a faster top speed. These trains take about 52 seconds to accelerate to 100 kmph and can reach a maximum speed of 160 kmph.
The semi-high-speed trains are equipped with advanced state-of-the-art safety features, including an anti-collision system and an indigenously developed Train Collision Avoidance System, called KAVACH.
It also has four emergency windows for each coach, four platform side cameras instead of just two, and rearward cameras outside the coach. The disaster lights in the coaches come with a battery backup of three hours.
The train also offers an on-demand Wi-Fi connectivity-enabled infotainment system, and a 32-inch LCD screen in every coach.
As per the Ministry of Railways, the air inside the train gets filtered through a photo-catalytic ultraviolet purification system. It filters and cleans the air of germs, bacteria, viruses, etc., to the extent of 99 percent.
It also provides Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC), and sliding footsteps in coaches, for a better passenger experience and saves about 30 percent on electricity with its advanced regenerative braking system.
The Vande Bharat train has 16 coaches, with a total seating capacity of 1,128 passengers. It offers two spacious options — AC Chair Car (CC) and Executive Chair Car (EC). While all seats are recliners, the executive coaches will experience the added feature of 360-degree rotating seats.
There are several Vande Bharat trains running between destinations in South India. These are:
KSR Bengaluru-Dharwad Vande Bharat Express
Virtually flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 June, the semi-high-speed train runs between KSR Bengaluru City Railway Station (SBC) and Dharwad.
It has a travel time of 6 hours and 13 minutes, while other trains on this route usually take at least 7 hours and 16 minutes.
MGR Chennai Central-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express
Inaugurated by Modi on 11 November, 2022, it was the first Vandhe Bharat Express to be launched in South India.
It has a travel time of 6 hours and 30 minutes. The travel time of other trains running on this route is at least 9 hours and 30 minutes.
Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express
Launched by the prime minister on 15 January, the train linking the two Telugu states takes 8 hours and 30 minutes to reach its destination.
Other trains running on this route take 11-13 hours to complete the journey on the same route.
Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express
The second Vandhe Bharat Express train from the Secunderabad Railway Station in Telangana was flagged off by Modi on 8 April.
Considering the other trains travelling to the temple town from Secunderabad take approximately 12 hours, the Vande Bharat Express reaches its destination in 8 hours and 15 minutes.
MGR Chennai Central-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express
Launched by the prime minister on 8 April, it reaches its destination in 5 hours and 50 minutes. The other trains running on this route take around 7 hours to complete their run.
Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express
The only Vande Bharat Express running in Kerala, it has a travel time of 8 hours and 5 minutes. The other trains on this route have travel times between 10 hours and 45 minutes and 13 hours.
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