The 20703/20704 Kacheguda - Yesvantpur Vande Bharat Express is India's 29th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Hyderabad in Telangana with city of Bangalore in Karnataka. This train was inaugurated on 24 September 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from New Delhi.
Overview This is the third Vande Bharat Express train for Telangana. This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Kacheguda, Mahbubnagar, Kurnool City, Anantapur, Dharmavaram Jn, Hindupur and Yesvantpur Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 20703/20704 on 6 days a week basis.
Rakes It is the twenty-seventh 2nd Generation and fifteenth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.
Coach Augmentation As per latest updates, this express train will be augmented with 8 additional AC coaches, thereby running with an existing Vande Bharat 2.0 trainset W.E.F. 10 July 2025 in order to enhance passenger capacity on this demanding route.
Service
The 20703/20704 Kacheguda - Yesvantpur Jn Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except Wednesdays, covering a distance of in a travel time of 8 hours with an average speed of . The service has 5 intermediate stops. The Maximum Permissible Speed is .
See also Vande Bharat Express Tejas Express Gatimaan Express Kacheguda railway station Yesvantpur Junction railway station
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