The 22229/22230 Mumbai CSMT - Madgaon Jn ''Vande Bharat Express'' is India's 19th
Vande Bharat Express train and the first
Vande Bharat Express serving the
Konkan Railways
The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993, between Udupi and ...
of India, connecting the states of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
and the Konkan state
Goa. It was expected to be inaugurated on 3 June 2023 but was delayed due to the
2023 Odisha train collision
On 2 June 2023, three trains collided in Balasore district in Odisha state of eastern India. The Coromandel Express entered the passing loop instead of the main line near Bahanaga Bazar railway station at full speed and collided with a good ...
. This train was flagged off by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on 27 June 2023 via
video conference from
Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) railway station.
Overview
The train is operated by
Indian Railways, connecting
Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Bombay station code: CSMT ( mainline)/ST ( suburban)), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The terminus was ...
,
Dadar Ctrl,
Thane,
Panvel Jn,
Khed,
Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri (IAST:Ratnāgirī ; ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for ...
,
Kankavali,
Thivim and
Goa's Madgaon Junction. It will be operated with train numbers 22229/22230 on a 6 days a week basis.
Rakes
It is the seventeenth
2nd Generation and the fifth
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 22229/22230 Mumbai CSMT - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express train operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of in a travel time of 7 hrs 45 mins with an average speed of ''(Non-Monsoon time)'' and in a travel time of 10 hrs 05 mins with an average speed of ''(Monsoon time)''. The Maximum Permissible Speed is .
See also
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Vande Bharat Express
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Gatimaan Express
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Tejas Express
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Mumbai CSMT - Madgaon Tejas Express
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
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Madgaon Junction railway station
Madgaon Junction railway station (station code: MAO) is a railway junction and major station on the Indian Railways network, specifically on the South Western Railway line to Vasco da Gama, Goa and the Konkan Railway, in Madgaon, Goa, India. ...
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References
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