Maharashtra is all set to get its first Vande Bharat trains, semi-high speed and fastest among the ones in the Indian Railways. Mumbai and Pune has been finalised as one of the routes in the state.
Once these trains are functional, the time to travel between the two cities will be reduced to 150 minutes or two-and-a-half hours. However, the railway ministry is yet to finalise on a date, the two new trains are expected to start operations by August 15.
Presently, the Vande Bharat trains only have chair cars as its seating arrangement. Hence, the Mumbai-Pune route has been selected.
In order to run the operations smoothly, the Central Railways (CR) and Western Railways (WR) had been asked to inspect the locations and plan for the development and upgradation for the maintenance infrastructure of the Vande Bharat trains.
According to reports, the railway ministry will be introducing the phase 2 of Vande Bharat trains with AC sleeper in 2023, which is likely to be introduced between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai and Firozpur Cantonment railway station in Punjab. At present, it takes nearly 33 hours to travel between the two states, which will be drastically reduced, an official noted.
Vande Bharat trains are operational between New Delhi and Varanasi, New Delhi and Katra.
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