Railways will shortly begin operating 9 Vande Bharat Express trains on a number of routes: Check complete details here!

According to a report by Zee News, Indian Railways will shortly begin operating nine Vande Bharat Express trains on a number of routes.

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Out of the nine trains, the semi-high speed trains will be introduced on the following five routes: Indore to Jaipur, Jaipur to Udaipur, Jaipur to Chandigarh, Puri to Rourkela, and Patna to Howrah.

Regarding the other four routes, according to the daily's report, the names of three of them have not yet been chosen, but they have been assigned to Southern Railways, while the fourth train's specifics are unknown. The nine Vande Bharat trains' rakes will reportedly be developed by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.

Testing run been conducted today

According to New Indian Express, Odisha's second Vande Bharat Express train between Puri and Rourkela is anticipated to launch in the final week of September. Today was the start of the train's testing run, a railway official informed PTI. To transport people between the coastal and western parts of Odisha, the train will run on the Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Dhenkanal-Angul-Rourkela line.

Additionally, according to some media reports, PM Modi is anticipated to signal the start of the semi-high speed on September 30. The semi-high speed railway will travel the 505 kilometres between Puri and Rourkela in 7 hours and 30 minutes and from Rourkela to Puri in 7 hours and 45 minutes, according to sources who spoke to the daily.

Neemuch would soon have Vande Bharat Express

On September 5th, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had also stated that Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh would soon receive a Vande Bharat Express. On September 4th, the Railway Minister addressed the crowd in Neemuch and declared, "It is time for Vande Bharat to run on this route. Sudhir Gupta, your Member of Parliament (MP), has already made the same request. Soon, the Vande Bharat Express will travel along your route, according to ANI.

Railways received total of 10.72 crores between August 15 and 8 September from Vande Bharat Express

According to a press statement from Central Railway, 1.22 lakh people rode Vande Bharat trains in the Central Railway region between August 15 and 8 September. During the aforementioned time frame, the Railways generated a total of 10.72 crores in income from these services.

The Bilaspur-Nagpur Express had the highest occupancy rate, at 122.56 percent, while the GOA Madgaon-CSMT Express had the lowest, at 75.50 percent, according to the press release.

Other trains operated by the Central Railway have occupancy rates of Nagpur-Bilaspur Express (106.40%), CSMT Shirdi Express (81.33%), Shirdi-CSMT Express (81.88%), CSMT Solapur Express (93.71%), Solapur CSMT Express (105.19%), and Madgaon Express (92.05%).

An indigenously made, semi-high-speed, self-propelled train set is called the Vande Bharat Express. Modern passenger facilities on the train make for and more convenient ride for passengers.

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