The 20642/20641 Coimbatore - Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express is India's 39th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore in Karnataka. The train was inaugurated on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ayodhya Dham Junction on 30 December 2023 and started scheduled commercial service from 1 January 2024.
Overview The train is the 39th Vande Bharat express and connects Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore in Karnataka. The train is run by Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This train underwent trial runs on the last week of December. The train was inaugurated on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ayodhya Dham Junction on 30 December 2023 and started scheduled commercial service from 1 January 2024.
Rakes It is the thirty-seventh second generation and twenty-third mini (eight-car) Vande Bharat train-set which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.
Service
The 20642/20641 Coimbatore Jn - Bengaluru Cantt Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except Thursdays, covering a distance of in a travel time of 6 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 KSR Bengaluru–Coimbatore Uday Express Coimbatore Junction railway station Bangalore Cantonment railway station
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