🇮🇳🚆 Vande Bharat Express Train 🚆 KSR Bengaluru City Junction 🚂 High Speed Train in India

Vande Bharat Express is a medium-distance superfast express service operated by Indian Railways. It is a reserved, air-conditioned chair car service connecting cities that are less than 800 km (500 mi) apart or take less than ten hours to travel with existing services. The train entered commercial service on 15 February 2019.
The 20661/20662 KSR Bengaluru - Dharwad Vande Bharat Express is India's 21st Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Bengaluru with Dharwad city in Karnataka.[2][3][4] This train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 June 2023 via video conference from Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) railway station.
Route map
Legend
20661 ↓ KSR Bengaluru City Jn
Yesvantpur Junction
Davangere
SSS Hubballi Junction
20662 ↑ Dharwad
As per latest updates, this VB express will continue its journey and will terminate at Belagavi (Belgaum) railway station at an earlier convenient date.
On 21 November 2023, the trial run was performed by starting from KSR Bangalore City Jn around 05:45am and terminating at Belagavi at 01:30pm. It left from Belgaum at 02:00pm and reached Bengaluru City at 10:10pm.
Overview
Service type
Vande Bharat Express
Locale
Karnataka
First service
27 June 2023 (Inaugural run)
28 June 2023; 11 months ago (Commercial run)
(Extension to Belgaum) (TBC)
Current operator(s)
South Western Railways (SWR)
Route
Termini
KSR Bengaluru City Jn (SBC)
Dharwad (DWR)
(Extn (TBC))
Belagavi (BGM)
Stops
3
5 (after extn to Belgaum)
Distance travelled
490 km (304 mi)
After Extn, 612 km (380 mi)
Average journey time
06 hrs 25 mins
Service frequency
Six days a week [a]
Train number(s)
20661 / 20662
Line(s) used
Bengaluru - Hubli line
Technical
Rolling stock
Vande Bharat (trainset)
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification
25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed
160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
83 km/h (52 mph) (average)
Average length
384 m (1,260 ft) (16 coaches)
192 m (630 ft) (8 coaches)
Trained staff deployed in operation and manning of Vande Bharat Trains 248 trained crew work on Vande Bharat trains running in Southern Railway on rotation basis
The state-of-the-art Vande Bharat train services have been redefining the travel experience of rail passengers across the country. Three Vande Bharat trains are running in Southern Railway, namely, Dr MGR Chennai Central - Mysuru - Dr MGR Chennai Vande Bharat Express, Dr MGR Chennai Central - Coimbatore - Dr MGR Chennai Vande Bharat Express, Thiruvananthapuram Central - Kasaragod - Thiruvananthapuram Central Vande Bharat Express train services. These premium services are a hit among passengers and are running with good occupancy. Southern Railway has been providing proper training to the loco pilots, responsible for the safe operations, manning and maintenance of the prestigious Express.
Training imparted to Vande Bharat Express crew
In order to equip Loco Pilots in the operation of Vande Bharat which is capable of running at 160 Kmph and clocks 130 Kmph in sections like Chennai - Arakkonam, a series of intensive training programmes have been conducted as detailed below:
•Theoretical and Induction training imparted at lntegral Coach Factory/Chennai Electrical Training Center, Ghaziabad and Zonal Electric Traction Training Center/Avadi
•Hands-on training for staff to operate the Vande Bharat trains safely
•Southern Railway is presently equipped with 124 sets of trained crew (A total of 248 Loco Pilots & Asst. Loco Pilots) to work o­n Vande Bharat Express o­n rotation basis.
To ensure safer operations, Crew-friendly cab is provided in Vande Bharat.
•Wide screen provided for better vision
•Ergonomic seats provided for Loco Pilot & Asst. Loco Pilot
•Signal exchange larpps provided to exchange signals.
•Easy of driving by providing Cruise control to maintain constant speed in loop lines, caution order spots and to maintain maximum speed
•Air-condition facility provided for crew inside cab
•Automatic tripping and closing o­n OHE supply in the neutral section by pressing the ENS (Entry neutral section) switch.
•Moving space in the cab is more.
•Video display provided in front and rear, to view the condition of OHE.
•Voice Communication facility provided between Guard and Loco Pilot
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