Indian Railways’ Vande Bharat train to run as Tejas Express from February 15
Varanasi Vande Bharat Express train will operate as Tejas Express from February 15 to March 31, Northern Railways CPRO Deepak Kumar has said. The operation of India’s first indigenously built semi-high train will be handled by the railways.
At present, 4 pair of Tejas trains are plying on different routes. The two trains — Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Karmali Tejas Express and Chennai Egmore-Madurai Jn Tejas Express — are operated by the Indian Railways are . The other 2, namely Lucknow-New Delhi and Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad, are operated by the IRCTC NSE 0.46 %.
With this addition, Indian Railways will run three Tejas Express trains.
भारतीय रेल द्वारा नई दिल्ली से वाराणसी जाने वाली वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन 15 फरवरी से 31 मार्च तक तेजस रेक के साथ… https://t.co/i4y8TUtqP8
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Vande Bharat Express was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. The ‘made in India’ trains covers the distance between New Delhi and Varanasi in 8 hours and runs 5 days a week, except for Monday and Thursday.
