Madgaon - Mangaluru Central Vande Bharat Express
The 20646/20645 Mangaluru Central - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express is India's 41st Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the industrial port city of Mangalore in western Karnataka with Madgaon, a capital city in the state of Goa.[1][2][3][4]
As per Indian Railways' latest news, this express train will perform the trial runs on 26 December 2023 starting from Mangalore Central around 08:30hrs and will reach Madgaon Junction around 13:45hrs. It will depart from Madgaon at 18:10hrs and will reach Mangalore Central at 22:45hrs.[5]
This express train was inaugurated on 30 December 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ayodhya Dham Junction. [6][7][8][9][10][11]
Overview
This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Mangaluru Ctrl, Udupi, Karwar and Madgaon Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 20646/20645 on 6 days a week basis.[12][13][14][15]
Rakes
It is the thirty-ninth 2nd Generation and twenty-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.[16]
Coach composition
The 20646/20645 Mangaluru Central - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express has currently 7 AC Chair Car and 1 Executive Chair Car coaches. The coaches in Aqua color indicate AC Chair Cars and the coaches in Pink color indicate AC Executive Chair Cars.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
20646 | C#
(TBC after commercial run)
C# |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
20645 | C#
(TBC after commercial run)
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Service
The 20646/20645 Mangaluru Central - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 319 km (198 mi) in a travel time of 04hrs 35mins with average speed of 70 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) will be confirmed after commercial run.
Except Thursdays
Schedule
The schedule of this 20646/20645 Mangaluru Central - Madgaon Vande Bharat Express is given below:-
MAQ - MAO - MAQ Vande Bharat Express
20646 Stations 20645
Arrival Departure Arrival Departure
---- 08:30 Mangaluru Central 22:45 ----
09:48 09:50 Udupi 21:12 21:14
12:08 12:10 Karwar 18:55 18:57
13:15 ---- Madgaon Junction ---- 18:10
