The Bhubaneswar-Vizag Vande Bharat train will run on all days except Saturdays and will cover Khurda Road, Berhampur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, and Vizianagaram.

Vande Bharat Latest Update: The Indian Railways has approved a fresh train service under the banner of everyone’s favourite Vande Bharat Express. The newly sanctioned Bhubaneswar-Vizag Vande Bharat train will help commuters travel comfortably between Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam. With the introduction of this train, Bhubaneswar now has a trio of Vande Bharat Express trains, making travel easier to other parts of Odisha and neighbouring states.

On March 12, that is, today, an online inauguration ceremony is scheduled and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to officially launch the service. “The inaugural train may be planned as a special service, which should pick up its link subsequently,” a communication from director (coaching) Railway Board Sanjay R Neelam to the general manager of East Coast Railway (ECoR) said about the Vande Bharat Express.

Bhubaneswar-Vizag Vande Bharat Express: Full Schedule

The timetable of the newly launched Vande Bhrat train is pretty straightforward and comforting for commuters. It starts its journey from Bhubaneswar bright and early, at 5:15 AM, reaching Visakhapatnam at 11:00 AM on that day. On the return note, the Bhubaneswar–Vizag Vande Bharat train leaves Visakhapatnam at 3:30 pm and rolls back into Bhubaneswar by 9:30 PM, all on the same day.

Railway Board revises its decision. Third Vande Bharat Express connecting Odisha will run between Visakhapatnam & Bhubaneswar instead of Puri. PM Narendra Modi will flag off the train via video conference on March 12.@XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpresshttps://t.co/63mhgOJzy9 pic.twitter.com/9F6ZYRZLyL

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Bhubaneswar-Vizag Vande Bharat Express: Route Details

The Bhubaneswar–Vizag Vande Bharat train will run on all days except Saturdays. It has a route starting from Bhubaneswar and ending in Visakhapatnam, stopping over at various places along the way like Khurda Road, Berhampur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, and Vizianagaram. Notably, the train has already undergone test runs and is set to cover the entire distance of 468 km from Bhubaneswar to Visakhapatnam in just about six hours and fifteen minutes.

Prime Minister To Inaugurate 1O Fresh Vande Bharat Trains

Prime Minister to inaugurate ten fresh Vande Bharat trains today, linking diverse cities such as Ahmedabad and Mumbai Central, Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam, Mysuru and Dr MGR Central (Chennai), Patna and Lucknow, New Jalpaiguri and Patna, Puri and Visakhapatnam, Lucknow and Dehradun, Kalaburagi and Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru, Ranchi and Varanasi, and Khajuraho and Delhi (Nizamuddin).

Moreover, there will be an enhancement of the existing routes of the four currently operational Vande Bharat trains, extending from Ahmedabad to Jamnagar to Dwarka, Ajmer to Delhi to Chandigarh, Gorakhpur to Lucknow to Prayagraj, and Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod to Mangaluru.