Three more Vande Bharat trains will run from Hyderabad soon

After the launch of the Secunderabad-Vizag Vande Bharat Express train, the Indian Railways is soon planning to start three more similar trains connecting Hyderabad to Bengaluru, Pune and Tirupati, officials said. Additional Vande Bharat Express trains will run between Kachiguda and Bengaluru, Secunderabad and Pune and Secunderabad and Tirupati. The South Central Railway (SCR) has upgraded its rail network on these routes to run trains at a maximum speed of 130 kmph.

Railway authorities have been advised to set up at least one major coach depot in Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Vijayawada divisions. The depot will be upgraded to provide training to the staff for maintenance of Vande Bharat trains. Railway divisions have been asked to expedite preparations for maintenance and other related activities of Vande Bharat trains. Indian Railways plans to run 75 Vande Bharat trains by the end of this year and 400 in the next three years. So far, Vande Bharat trains have been started on various routes including Nagpur-Bilaspur, Delhi-Varanasi, Gandhinagar-Mumbai and Chennai-Mysore.