In response to the escalating passenger demand, the Railway Board has decided to increase the number of coaches on Vande Bharat trains operating on seven designated routes.
The routes have been mentioned below:
- Mangaluru Central-Thiruvananthapuram Central
- Secunderabad-Tirupati
- Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli
- Madurai-Bengaluru Cantt
- Deoghar-Varanasi
- Howrah-Rourkela
- Indore-Nagpur
Currently, four Vande Bharat trains with 8 coaches and 3 trains with 16 coaches are in operation on these routes. The revised plan entails expanding the trains with 16 coaches to 20 coaches, while the trains with 8 coaches will be increased to 16.
As per the schedule, the trains on the Mangaluru Central to Thiruvananthapuram Central, Secunderabad to Tirupati, and Chennai Egmore to Tirunelveli routes will be upgraded from 16 coaches to 20 coaches. while the trains with 8 coaches will be increased to 16 on the remaining 4 routes.
Dilip Kumar, Executive Director, Information and Publicity, Railway Board.said “On the basis of occupancy for Financial Year 2025-26 (up to July 31, 2025) and feasibility for augmentation, a tentative augmentation of three 16-car Vande Bharat train services with 20-car and four 8-car Vande Bharat train with 16-car has been planned,” as reported by ET Infra.
“A tentative replacement plan for the Vande Bharat train service is planned on the basis of occupancy. After this, the released rakes of 16-Car and 8-Car will be utilised for running new services,” Kumar said.
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