PM Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express from Bengaluru to Chennai: All you need to know

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morning flagged off south India’s first Vande Bharat (VB) Express train from KSR Bengaluru City railway station to Chennai Central. The train will connect Mysuru, Bengaluru and Chennai. The train departed from KSR Bengaluru around 10.10 am from Platform 7.

VB Express services for the public will commence Saturday and it will run six days a week, barring Wednesdays. The SWR said the train will have stoppages in Katpadi and Bengaluru. The railways also released a price list indicating the fares on the route:

Ticket rates

Including catering, the fare from Mysuru to Bengaluru has been priced at Rs 720 for a chair car (CC)