The 20661/20662 KSR Bengaluru - Dharwad Vande Bharat Express is India's 21st Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Bengaluru with Dharwad city in Karnataka. This train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 June 2023 via video conference from Rani Kamalapati railway station.
Overview This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting KSR Bengaluru City Jn, Yesvantpur Jn, Tumkur, Davangere, SMM Haveri, SSS Hubballi Junction and Dharwad. It is currently operated with train numbers 20661/20662 on 6 days a week basis.
Trial Run Extension to Belagavi On 21 November 2023, the trial run was performed by starting from KSR Bengaluru around 05:45am and terminating at Belagavi at 01:30pm. It left from Belagavi at 02:00pm and reached Bengaluru at 10:10pm, despite being a successful run, local politicians of Hubballi Dharwad curtailed the extnesion with wague reason of track issues, besides when Pune Belagavi Vande Bharat train was extended to SSS Hubballi using same track the SWR were mum but public ire and RTI facts later forced the MP to review and put pressure on MOSR resulted in getting a new VB for Belagavi later.
Rakes It is the nineteenth 2nd Generation and the seventh Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.
Service
The 20661/20662 KSR Bengaluru City Jn - Dharwad Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except Tuesdays, covering a distance of in a travel time of 6 hours with an average speed of . The service has 5 intermediate stops. The Maximum Permissible Speed is .
See also Vande Bharat Express Gatimaan Express Tejas Express KSR Bengaluru–Hubli Jan Shatabdi Express Bangalore City railway station Dharwad railway station
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