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CHENNAI, NOV 7
Southern Railway on Monday conducted successful trial run of the 5th rake of Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express from Dr MGR Chennai Central to Mysuru via KSR Bengaluru.
South India to get its first Vande Bharat soon!
Trial run of Vande Bharat Express between Chennai and Mysuru conducted successfully. pic.twitter.com/HIWxUgLcwy
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) November 7, 2022
The trial run was conducted for familiarising the train operating crew with the working of the train set, route, signals and other safety parameters like Level Crossing Gates, block working, etc. and also to acquaint the onboard coach maintenance crew about the train interiors and various technical features of the train, says a release.
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The trial special Vande Bharat train departed from Dr MGR Chennai Central at 05.50 hours today (Nov 7,2022) and reached Mysuru at 12.30 hours with stoppages at Katpadi and KSR Bengaluru.
In the return direction, the trial run special departed from Mysuru Junction at 13.05 hours today (Nov 7, 2022) and reached Dr MGR Chennai Central at 19.35 hrs today.
General Managers of South Western Railway and Southern Railway, Divisional Railway Managers of Chennai, Bangalore, and Mysore Divisions, other Senior Officials and Staff of Southern and South Western Railway were travelled on the trial run, the release added.