Ngp-Indore Vande Bharat via Bhopal to start today
   Date :09-Oct-2023

Ngp-Indore Vande Bharat  
 
 
 
Staff Reporter
For rail travellers there is good news in store! The Railway Board has sanctioned yet another Vande Bharat train to Nagpur. The existing Indore-Bhopal train has been extended till Nagpur. The new train will boost connectivity between the two cities in Central India and boost trade and relations. In fact, as per the information from Board, the new train to Indore ex-Nagpur is with effect from October 9 itself. As per a communiqué from Railway Board issued by Vivek Kumar Sinha, Joint Director, Coaching, Train No 20911 is being renamed as Indore-Nagpur Vande Bharat Express. The train would have stoppages at Ujjain, Bhopal, Itarsi enroute to Nagpur. The train ex-Indore would start at 0610 hrs, reach Ujjain at 0700 hrs, at Bhopal at 09.15 hrs and touch Nagpur at 1430 hrs.
 
In its return journey, Train No 20912 Nagpur-Indore Vande Bharat Express will leave at 1520 hrs, reach Itarsi at 19.00 hrs, to Bhopal at 20.40 hrs, Ujjain at 2250 hrs and culminate at Indore at 2345 hrs. For travellers, the Vande Bharat would offer fastest journey and buses plying to Indore run jam-packed. Even there are many devotees who throng Ujjain for paying obeisance at Maha Kaleshwar, the abode of Lord Shiva. The train will run six days a week in both directions. It would have eight coaches. Primary maintenance of the rakes would be done at Indore. Presently, one Vande Bharat train ex-Nagpur runs till Bilaspur and is it's quite popular among the travellers.
 
Incidentally, Brij Bhushan Shukla, Secretary, Rail Yatri Sangh (RYS), had taken-up the issue of extension of Indore-Bhopal Vande Bharat Express till Nagpur in the meeting of Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee of Central Railway. At the meeting held on October 4, last year, he pointed out that current occupancy of Indore-Bhopal VB Express was just 19 per cent and if same is extended till Nagpur then the patronage is bound to increase manifold. Shukla while thanking the Central Railway officials for forwarding the proposal to Board, however said, a stoppage at Betul could further enhance the utility of the Vande Bharat. At Betul the Railways can cater to travellers of Multai and Pandhurna who can travel either way, to Nagpur for their needs or to Bhopal or even to Indore.