Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the new and upgraded version of the Vande Bharat Express which will run from Gandhinagar in Gujarat to Mumbai in Maharashtra. Post the flag off from Gandhinagar station, Mr. Modi also travelled on the train up to Kalupur Railway Station.
This is the third Vande Bharat Express in the country – after New Delhi-Varanasi and New Delhi-Karta Vande Bharat Express, and comes with several additional features to enhance passenger comfort as well as safety.
The 16-coach train has a seating capacity of 1,128 passengers and will halt at Surat, Vadodara and Ahmedabad stations on both directions. One-way travel time for the Vande Bharat Express from Gandhinagar to Mumbai is estimated at around five and a half hours and the passengers would need to shell out ₹1,275 for traveling in chair car travel class from Mumbai to Gandhinagar and ₹1440 for the journey from Gandhinagar to Mumbai. Likewise, for executive chair car, the fare would be ₹2,455 from Mumbai to Gandhinagar and ₹2650 from Gandhinagar to Mumbai.
