Indian Railways commenced the trial run of Kerala’s first Vande Bharat Express train from today. The train began its journey from Thiruvananthapuram Railway Station at 05:10 am.
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The new train set arrived in the southern state on April 14, 2023. The trial run will be supervised by senior railway officials over the next few days.
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The ultra-modern Vande Bharat Express train is designed to run from Thiruvananthapuram to Kannur and will operate six days a week. The train is scheduled to make stops at Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Thrissur, Tirur, and Kozhikode.
This is the third blue and white colour train for the Southern Railway (SR) zone and the fifth for South India. The other semi-high-speed trains running in the region are Mysuru–Chennai Central, Secunderabad–Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad–Tirupati, and Chennai–Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express.
This new Vande Bharat train has 16 coaches and can touch a speed of 100 kmph in 52 seconds. It is fully air-conditioned, and equipped with automatic doors and LED lighting. The train is also fitted with an indigenously developed safety feature ‘KAVACH’.
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