Mini Vande Bharat Express: New train to launch on Lucknow-Ayodhya-Gorakhpur route; list of 23 Vande Bharat trains launched so far
Produced by: Somya Muralidharan
In Uttar Pradesh, the Lucknow-Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express, which comprises 8 carriages rather than 16, will be the first miniature semi-high speed train. In less than four hours, the train will travel 302 kilometres via Ayodhya junction. It is likely to be flagged off on July 7 by PM MOdi.
What is mini Vande Bharat Express?
There hasn't been a formal statement on prices and routes; however, the railway board will make one before the debut
Prices and routes
Today was the first day of the Vande Bharat Express' test run between Lucknow and Gorakhpur. "The trial run was good. We had prepared in advance, our officers worked hard ahead of today's trial run. It took us just 4.1 hours to reach Lucknow from Gorakhpur. There were no issues at all," Devendra Kumar Srivastava, the train's loco pilot, remarked during the trial run.
Lucknow-Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express trial run
The fastest train on this route right now is Train No. 22411, the Arunachal Superfast Express, which travels from Gorakhpur to Lucknow via Gonda junction, takes 4 hours and 35 minutes. About 4 hours and 50 minutes pass between the 12557 Sapt Kranti Superfast Express and the 12555 Gorakhdham Superfast Express.
Other trains between Lucknow and Gorakhpur
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PM Modi virtually inaugurated 5 new Vande Bharat trains on June 27: Patna – Ranchi Vande Bharat Express Rani Kamalapati(Bhopal) – Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express Khajuraho – Bhopal – Indore Vande Bharat Express Madgaon(Goa) – Mumbai Vande Bharat Express Bengaluru – Dharwad Vande Bharat Express
Recently launched Vande Bharat trains
With an average occupancy of 183 percent among the 23 pairs of Vande Bharat Express trains operating across the Railway network, the Kasaragod to Trivandrum train is the best-performing Vande Bharat Express.
Best performing Vande Bharat train
The next best-performing train is the Vande Bharat Express between Trivandrum and Kasaragod in Kerala, which has an average occupancy of 176%, followed by the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Express, which has an average occupancy of 134%.
Other best performing Vande Bharat trains
The Vande Bharat Express train has a maximum speed limit of 160 kmph, which allows for quicker acceleration. On the routes it travels, the Vande Bharat Express is the swiftest passenger train. The Vande Bharat Express conducted 2,140 trips between April 1, 2022, and June 21, 2023, transporting 2,520,370 people.
Vande Bharat train performance
The first sleeper variant of the Vande Bharat Express is anticipated to launch at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Perambur, between February and March 2024. By the end of February or the first week of March 2024, the first sleeper variant of the Vande Bharat (VB) train would be introduced, according to KN Babu, Chief Mechanical Engineer (Technical Coordination), ICF.
Upcoming Vande Bharat sleeper coaches
New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express, New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express, New Delhi-Amb Andaura Vande Bharat Express, MGR Chennai Central-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express, Bilaspur-Nagpur Vande Bharat Express, Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express, Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai CSMT-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express
List of all Vande Bharat trains
Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj)-Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express, Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express, MGR Chennai Central-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express, Delhi Cantonment-Ajmer Vande Bharat Express, Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express, Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express, Anand Vihar Terminal-Dehradun Vande Bharat Express, New Jalpaiguri-Guwahati Vande Bharat Express, Mumbai CSMT-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express, Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express, KSR Bengaluru-Dharwad Vande Bharat Express