Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast Region G. Kishan Reddy has announced in a tweet about the Ministry of Railways accepting the proposal to introduce a full-length ‘Vande Bharat’ train of 16 coaches between Secunderabad and Tirupati soon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had personally green-flagged a Vande Bharat train to Tirupati from the Secunderabad railway station last month but that was an eight-coach one, unlike the first such train for the zone towards Visakhapatnam which had 16 coaches. The first train was launched in January.
While none in South Central Railway (SCR) is sure about when the new 16-coach train will replace the existing eight-coach one, considering the demand from across the country, Railway officials are taken aback by the demand for travel on Vande Bharat trains because it is a day’s journey and two, the ticket is relatively more expensive.
