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Train enthusiasts connected Saturday (November 8, 2025) received the caller Vande Bharat Express betwixt Ernakulam and Bengaluru with fanfare astatine the Coimbatore Railway Junction.
Functionaries and members of obstruction rider associations, railway officials and the travelling nationalist cheered and distributed sweets aft the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Salem Railway Division, Panna Lal, flanked by Coimbatore Mayor R Ranganayaki, received the bid connected its accomplishment astatine 12.10 p.m.
The bid work was virtually inaugurated earlier successful the time by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The regular work of Train No: 26651/26652 KSR Bengaluru – Ernakulam – KSR Bengaluru volition commence connected November 11, Railway sources said.
The bid volition beryllium operated for six days a week, but Wednesdays, with stoppages astatine Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode and Salem en route, with a travel clip of 8 hours and 40 minutes.
The question duration from Coimbatore to Bengaluru is 5 hours and 30 minutes.
As per the regular timings, the bid volition depart astatine Bengaluru astatine 5.10 a.m. and scope Ernakulam astatine 1.50 p.m. In the instrumentality direction, the bid volition depart Ernakulam astatine 2.20 p.m. and scope Bengaluru astatine 11 p.m.
“The caller bid volition suit Bengaluru-bound IT employees and businessmen successful Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode and Salem,” helium said.
More trains volition beryllium introduced erstwhile the infrastructure enactment for scaling up velocity is carried out. Train way capableness volition beryllium decided based connected demand, the DRM said.
