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Vande Bharat Train: Agra Railway Division has received the second Vande Bharat train in two days. The Railway Board has approved running the Vande Bharat train between Agra and Varanasi. The distance of 573 km will be covered in seven hours. Currently, it takes more than ten hours to cover this distance.
This will be the fourth Vande Bharat train of the division. Its average speed will be 81.86 km per hour. The railways will soon announce the fare and date of operation of the train. Running of this train will give wings to tourism in Agra.
There was a long standing demand
There was a long standing demand for Vande Bharat for Prayagraj, Ayodhya and Varanasi. Agra Railway Division administration had recently sent a proposal for Ayodhya and Varanasi Vande Bharat. Chief Passenger Transport Manager (CPTM) Basant Kumar Sharma has issued orders. The train will leave Agra Cantt Railway Station at 6 am and reach Varanasi at 1 pm. It will leave Varanasi station at 3.20 pm and reach Agra at 10.22 pm. The train will stop at Prayagraj Junction, Kanpur Central, Etawah, Tundla stations. The maximum speed of the train will be 160 km and the average speed will be 81.86 km.
Vande Bharat will run for six days in Udaipur
Senior divisional commercial manager Amit Anand said that the fare and date of the train will be announced soon. This is the fourth Vande Bharat of Agra Railway Division. The operation of the third Vande Bharat started on September 2. Udaipur-Agra Cantt Vande Bharat. The train will run six days except Friday. This is the first train of North Central Railway. Repair work will be done in Agra.
Which Vande Bharat ran in which division and when?
- First Vande Bharat, from Rani Kamlapati Bhopal to Hazrat Nizamuddin in April 2023
- Second Vande Bharat, from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Khajuraho in March 2024
- Third Vande Bharat, from Udaipur to Agra Cantt on 2 September 2024
- The fourth Vande Bharat train will soon run from Varanasi to Agra Cantt
It will have 12 coaches
Vande Bharat running between Varanasi and Agra will have 12 coaches. Out of these, 10 coaches will be of chair car category and two coaches will be of executive category. One chair car coach will have 78 seats and one executive coach will have 56 seats.
Thousands of tourists visit every day
Thousands of tourists come from Varanasi and Prayagraj every day. These tourists visit Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri and other tourist places. Tourism entrepreneurs have been demanding to run Vande Bharat between Agra and Varanasi for a long time. Now Vande Bharat will not run between Agra and Prayagraj. Maha Kumbh Mela is going to be held in Prayagraj next year. In such a situation, it is believed that there will be no decrease in the number of passengers in Vande Bharat.
Prime Minister will flag off the
Soon there will be a program at Agra Cantt station. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Vande Bharat. This program will be held in Agra or New Delhi. A decision on this will be taken soon.
Agra-Varanasi Vande Bharat is good from tourism point of view. This will benefit the tourism industry. The number of tourists will increase. Such trains should be run for other cities as well. Sunil Gupta, Chairman Northern Region, Indian Association of Tour Operators
For a long time there was a demand for a train from Agra to Varanasi and Prayagraj. Now this demand has been fulfilled. This is a big achievement for Agra. Pankaj Agarwal, Member Railway Advisory Committee
Operating time of Vande Bharat Express from Agra to Varanasi
– Agra Cantt: Departure at 6 am – Tundla: Arrival at 6.48 am, departure at 6.50 am – Etawah Junction: Arrival at 7.40 am, departure at 7.42 am – Kanpur Central: Arrival at 9.15 am, departure at 9.20 am – Prayagraj Junction: Arrival at 11.25 am, departure at 11.30 am – Varanasi Junction: Arrival at 1 pm –
from Varanasi to Agra
– Varanasi Junction: Departure at 3.20 pm – Prayagraj Junction: Arrival at 4.50 pm, departure at 4.55 pm – Kanpur Central: Arrival at 6.57 pm, departure at 7.02 pm – Etawah Junction: Arrival at 8.17 pm, departure at 8.19 pm – Tundla Junction: Arrival at 9.32 am, departure at 9.34 pm – Agra Cantt station: Arrival at 10.20 am