Vande Bharat Express: Today PM Narendra Modi is going to gift 3 new Vande Bharat Express to India. These new Vande Bharat Express will run between Meerut-Lucknow, Madurai-Bengaluru and Chennai-Nagarcoil.
The three new Vande Bharat Expresses that the PM will flag off today will run between Meerut-Lucknow, Madurai-Bengaluru and Chennai-Nagarcoil. The Vande Bharat Express running from Meerut to Bareilly will have stoppages only at Moradabad and Bareilly Junction. Vande Bharat Express will cover this 459 km journey in 7 hoursV and 10 minutes. Railways have released the fare list of 22490/22491 Meerut-Lucknow-Meerut Vande Bharat Express. On the first day on Saturday, guest passengers will be given free travel between Meerut-Lucknow. Regular operations of 22491 Lucknow-Meerut and 22490 Meerut-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express will start from Sunday and Monday respectively.
Booking of new Vande Bharat has started on IRCTC from Friday. 22490 Vande Bharat will depart from Meerut at 6:35 am and will reach Moradabad at 8:35 am, Bareilly at 9:56 am and Lucknow at 1:45 pm. Whereas 22491 Vande Bharat will depart from Lucknow at 2:45 pm. It will reach Bareilly at 6:02 pm, Moradabad at 7:32 pm and Meerut at 10 pm.
This will be the fare of the new Vande Bharat
Meerut-Lucknow
Chair car – Rs 1,300
Executive – Rs 2,365
Bareilly-Lucknow
Chair car – Rs 740
Executive – Rs 1,430
Bareilly-Moradabad
Chair car – Rs 495
Executive – Rs 930
Bareilly-Meerut
Chair car – Rs 945
Executive – Rs 1,615
Madurai-Bengaluru Cantt Vande Bharat
Madurai-Bengaluru Cantt Vande Bharat will also run six days a week. It will provide its services on all days except Tuesday. This train will have 8 coaches. It will stop at Madurai, Dindigul, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Namakkal, Salem, Krishnarajapuram, Bengaluru Cantt stations. The train will leave Madurai Junction at 5.15 am and reach Bengaluru Cantt at 1 pm. After this, it will depart from Bangalore Cantt at 1.30 pm and reach Madurai at 9.45 pm. The fare of chair car from Madurai to Bangalore Cantt will be Rs 1,575 and the fare of executive chair car will be Rs 2,865.
Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat
This train will run six days a week. It will be available on all days except Wednesday. It will have 16 coaches. Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat will stop at Chennai, Egmore, Tambaram, Villupuram, Tiruchirapalli, Dindigul, Madurai, Kovilpatti, Tirunelveli and Nagarcoil Junction. After the inauguration, its services will start from September 2.