The Mumbai-Madgaon (Goa) Vande Bharat Express train on Wednesday completed its maiden commercial run in 9.30 hours and reached the destination nearly 30 minutes before its scheduled arrival.
Notably, the semi-high-speed Madgaon (Goa)-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express was flagged off virtually from Bhopal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. The train completed its inaugural run on the Goa-Mumbai route, a distance of nearly 600 km, in 10:15 hours.
The Mumbai-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express departed two minutes late from CSMT in Mumbai at 5:32 am on Wednesday. It reached Madgaon station at 3.06 pm, 24 minutes ahead of its scheduled arrival, officials said.
As per the National Train Enquiry System of Indian Railways, the train reached Panvel station 8 minutes late at 6.38 am. After a 12-minute delay, the train left at 6.44 am. It reached Khed station in Ratnagiri district one minute behind the schedule at 8.49 am and departed at 8.51 am for the onward journey.
The train reached Ratnagiri station 8 minutes before time at 10.32 am. It departed at 10.47 am, after a delay of 2 minutes. The train reached Kankavli station in Sindhudurg district and Thivim in Goa before time. It reached Madgaon at 3.06 pm.
The Mumbai-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express will run every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from Mumbai and on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from Madgaon during the rainy season, according to Central Railway.
This train will run six days a week, except on Friday, during non-monsoon months.
As per the monsoon timetable, the train will take around 10 hours to cover the distance between India's financial capital and Madgaon. During the non-monsoon months, the Vande Bharat Express will cover the 586 km distance in around 8 hours.
It will depart from CSMT at 5.25 am on every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and reach Madgaon at 3 pm. The train will leave Madgaon at 12.20 pm every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and will reach Mumbai CSMT at 10.25 pm, said CR.
The train will depart at 5.25 am from Mumbai CSMT and reach Madgaon at 1.10 pm, while it will leave Madgaon at 2.20 pm and reach CSMT at 10.25 pm.
The Central Railway said the Vande Bharat Express train has received an "enthusiastic" response from passengers during the Mumbai-Madgaon run.
Shivraj Manaspure, chief PRO of CR, said the train occupancy was 90 per cent as 477 of the total 530 seats were booked on June 28. The operation of the train on the Mumbai-Goa route generated earnings of Rs 6.48 lakh.
He said 110 per cent advance reservation bookings are done between September 15 and 20 for the Ganesh festival.
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