Actually, this month the railways have started two Vande Bharats, which have 20 coaches. Till now, Vande Bharat trains with 16 coaches and 8 coaches were running. Due to the increase in the number of coaches, now more passengers will be able to travel by these trains than before.

According to the report of ‘ET Now’, these 20 coach Vande Bharat Express will replace the currently running 16 coach Vande Bharat. These two trains have been handed over to Southern Railway (SR) and South Central Railway (SCR) zones. That is, one Vande Bharat train with 20 coaches will be operated on both these routes. These two 20 coach Vande Bharat trains will run on Thiruvananthapuram Central-Kasargod and Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad routes. Due to this, the seating capacity of these trains has now increased from 1,128 to 1440.

The Vande Bharat train running between Thiruvananthapuram Central-Kasargod is numbered 20634/20633 and it completes the journey of 588 km in eight hours and five minutes. It is the fastest train on this route and runs on all days except Thursday in half-hours. This train number 20634 departs from Trivandrum Central at 05:15 and reaches its destination at 13:20 pm. On the return journey, the train departs from Kasargod at 2:30 pm and then reaches Trivandrum Central at 22:40 pm. On the other hand, if we talk about the second train, it will run on the Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad route. This train covers a distance of 699 km in 8.35 hours. The train runs on all days except Tuesday.

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Tenders have been issued for this and work is also ready to be awarded soon. The sleeper train will be ready within 24 months of award of work. In this way, in 2025, the sleeper will come on the Vande Bharat track.

Today, there is every possibility of focusing on the infrastructure of railways in the budget. The operation of semi high speed trains like Railway Vande Bharat will be further increased. Presently, Railways has issued tender for 200 sleeper Vande Bharat trains. The work of production of trains is also in preparation to be awarded soon.

According to the Ministry of Railways, the sleeper Vande Bharat train will be ready in 24 months i.e. two years after the award of the work. In this way, in the year 2025, passengers will be able to travel by sleeper Vande Bharat train. Emphasis on infrastructure will further increase the number of sleeper and normal Vande Bharat trains.

Presently eight Vande Bharat trains are running successfully in different states of the country. Two more trains will run on different routes from Mumbai on 10 February. In this way, the operation of a total of 10 Vande Bharat trains will start this month itself.

It is proposed to manufacture 6500 aluminum coaches, 1240 locomotives and about 35,000 wagons to completely replace the existing trains. Aluminum coaches being lighter, consume less energy.

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