MUMBAI In what can be called a major boost for rail travel in Maharashtra, the state is set to get its first Vande Bharat trains and Mumbai and Pune has been finalised as one of the routes. The semi-high speed trains are the fastest among the ones in the Indian Railways.
The time to travel between the two cities will be reduced to 150 minutes or two-and-a-half hours after the Vande Bharat trains are introduced between the routes. Although the railway ministry is yet to finalise on a date, the two new trains are expected to start operations by August 15.
Currently, the fastest train between the two cities is Deccan Queen that has a travel time of three hours and 10 minutes.
