{"id":660718,"date":"2025-11-02T18:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24online.com\/?p=660718"},"modified":"2025-11-02T18:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:21:37","slug":"bengaluru-ernakulam-kochi-vande-bharat-express-service-to-start-soon-timings-and-schedule-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24online.com\/cities\/bengaluru\/bengaluru-ernakulam-kochi-vande-bharat-express-service-to-start-soon-timings-and-schedule-announced\/660718\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru-Ernakulam Vande Bharat Express service to start soon; Timings and schedule announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bengaluru-Ernakulam Vande Bharat Express: <\/strong>In a major move aimed at enhancing the travel experience of commuters, the Ministry of Railways has approved the operation of a Vande Bharat Express between KSR Bengaluru and Ernakulam via Coimbatore. This train service is set to benefit commuters from the two major southern states, Karnataka and Kerala by offering improved rail connectivity, reduced travel time and a comfortable journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bengaluru-Ernakulam Vande Bharat Express: Timings announced<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The new train service will run six days a week, except on Wednesdays. According to the Railway Board\u2019s communication on Friday, October 31, 2021, Train No. 26651 KSR Bengaluru-Ernakulam Junction Vande Bharat Express will depart Bengaluru at 5:10 am and reach Ernakulam at 1:50 pm, while the return service, Train No. 26652, will leave Ernakulam at 2:20 pm and arrive in Bengaluru at 11:00 pm. There will be scheduled halts at Krishnarajapuram, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, and Thrissur along the route, PTI reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The introduction of this semi-high-speed service is expected to significantly reduce travel time and enhance connectivity between Karnataka and Kerala. According to reports, both the Southern Railway and South Western Railway zones have been directed by the Ministry to commence operations \u201cat the earliest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Launch by mid-November<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw had confirmed the commencement of Vande Bharat Express between Ernakulam and Bengaluru. In a post on X, he had affirmed the launch of the train service by mid-November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHad a virtual meeting with the @BJP4Keralam team and district presidents. Glad to share that @RajeevRC_X Ji\u2019s proposal for Vande Bharat Express between Ernakulam &amp; Bengaluru has been considered and is set to launch by mid-November,\u201d wrote Vaishnaw on X.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Had a virtual meeting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4Keralam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4Keralam<\/a> team and district presidents. Glad to share that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajeevRC_X?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RajeevRC_X<\/a> Ji\u2019s proposal for Vande Bharat Express between Ernakulam &amp; Bengaluru has been considered and is set to launch by mid-November. <\/p>\n<p>Also shared information about the operation of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XBuoLWmdWx\">pic.twitter.com\/XBuoLWmdWx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshwiniVaishnaw\/status\/1975923278901625308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/news24online.com\/india\/isros-lvm3-m5-successfully-launches-4410-kg-cms-03-satellite-showcasing-heavy-lift-capabilities\/660519\/\">ISRO\u2019s LVM3-M5 successfully launches 4,410 kg CMS-03 satellite, showcasing heavy-lift capabilities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The introduction of this semi-high-speed service is expected to significantly reduce travel time and enhance connectivity between Karnataka and Kerala. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2923,"featured_media":660739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","short_title":"","seo-keywords":"bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express, bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express train, bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express launch date, bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express launch, bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express timings, bengaluru-kochi vande bharat express, bengaluru-kochi vande bharat train, vande bharat express, railways ministry, ashwini vaishnaw, news24, news 24","news-seo-keywords":"bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express, bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express train, bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express launch date, bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express launch, bengaluru-ernakulam vande bharat express timings, bengaluru-kochi vande bharat express, bengaluru-kochi vande bharat train, vande bharat express, railways ministry, ashwini vaishnaw, news24, news 24","author-reported-field":"2923","author-review-field":null,"article-sources-field":"","byline_field":"","survey_poll":"","ai_generated_summary":"","faq-group":{"faq-question_1":"","faq-description_1":"","faq-question_2":"","faq-description_2":"","faq-question_3":"","faq-description_3":"","faq-question_4":"","faq-description_4":"","faq-question_5":"","faq-description_5":""}},"categories":[19354],"tags":[278],"class_list":["post-660718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bengaluru","tag-bengaluru"],"recipe-group":{"preparation_time":"","total_cooking_time":"","recipe_yield":"","recipe_cuisine":"","recipe_rating_value":"","recipe_servingsize":"","recipe_calories":"","recipe_ingredients":"","recipe_instructions_head_1":"","recipe-instructions_1":"","recipe_instructions_head_2":"","recipe-instructions_2":"","recipe_instructions_head_3":"","recipe-instructions_3":"","recipe_instructions_head_4":"","recipe-instructions_4":"","recipe_instructions_head_5":"","recipe-instructions_5":"","recipe_instructions_head_6":"","recipe-instructions_6":""},"embed-url-group":{"embed-url":"","embed-duration":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bengaluru-Ernakulam Vande Bharat Express service to start soon; 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