THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The second Vande Bharat Express between Kasaragod and Thiruvananthapuram via Alappuzha will start service next week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the inaugural run from Kasaragod via video conferencing on Sunday. The Railways is planning to start the regular service on Tuesday. The train rakes reached the Kochuveli station from Chennai on Thursday morning. The newly designed train has a mix of orange and white colours.
The train will start service from Kasaragod at 7 AM and reach Thiruvananthapuram at 3 PM. The train will have stops at Kannur (8:03 AM), Kozhikode (9:03 AM), Shoranur (10.03 AM), Thrissur (10:38 AM), Ernakulam South (11:45 AM), Alappuzha (12:38 PM), and Kollam (1:55 PM), in between.
