Trial run of Dehradun-Delhi Vande Bharat Express conducted
The trial run of Vande Bharat Express has started in Uttarakhand from Tuesday i.e. 23rd May. Under this, trials were conducted at Doiwala and Dehradun railway stations.
Whereas Vande Bharat Express from Dehradun reached Haridwar railway station at 3 pm leaving at 2 pm. After the trial run, this train will be duly operated between Dehradun and New Delhi from May 25. The journey of Haridwar Dehradun-New Delhi via this train will now be completed in less than half the time.
From May 25, the much-awaited state-of-the-art Vande Bharat train will start operating between Dehradun-New Delhi. Departure from Dehradun at 11:00 am and the proposed arrival time of the train at Haridwar is 12:00 noon. However, the local railway administration is still waiting for the detailed schedule of the train from the Railway Board.
At present, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Uttaranchal Express, Mussoorie, Dehradun-Indore, Ujjaini, Nanda Devi AC Express etc. trains are operating between Dehradun to New Delhi. These trains take about six hours to cover the distance of 314 km.
A high speed train like Shatabdi also takes five hours fifty five minutes to reach Delhi from Dehradun. According to the information received from the local railway administration, Vande Bharat via Haridwar will complete the journey of Dehradun-New Delhi in half the time.
Its average speed will be 160 kmph. Stoppage of this train is proposed at Roorkee, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut etc. stations. The 16-coach Electric Multiple Unit train has AC Chair Car as well as AC Executive Car.
Vande Bharat express train from Dehradun to Anand vihar to Dehradun will be a flop as no one wants to board or deboard at Anand Vihar. Although the address is New Delhi but Anand vihar is very far from proper Delhi
I feel Ghaziabad too should have been made a stoppage point as many board and de board from this old city. This would be a drawback perhaps.