Passengers from southern districts to get a new travel experience on Vande Bharat Express

Madurai Vande Bharat Exp brings new amenities, incl. quick travel, AC coaches, ergonomic cabin, electronic gadgets, dining trays, power sockets, USB ports, emergency alarm, CCTV cameras, bio-vacuum toilets, baby seat w/ belts.

Vande Bharat Express, which will be introduced between Tirunelveli and Chennai Egmore on Sunday, will bring with it a slew of new amenities that will give passengers an altogether new travel experience.

Firstly, it will be one of the quickest trains to cover 652.49 km in less than 8 hours in the main line, thanks to the limited number of coaches and the minimum number of stoppages. The train will run at an overall speed of 83.30 kmph. Vande Bharat rakes do not have parcel vans.

Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar districts are getting the first train with all airconditioned coaches. Madurai is already served by Tejas.

Explaining the new train’s technical superiority, a railway official said Vande Bharat was the first train to have a traction motor in every other coach, which would make it very balanced in terms of its haulage.

“This helps the rake achieve faster acceleration and deceleration. The multiple traction motors will ensure zero-failure of train as it has different levels of back-up traction motors,” he said.

The AC crew cabin looks like a flight pilot cabin. Mechanical parts have been replaced with electronic gadgets with a touchscreen. “It has been ergonomically designed so that all the controls are within the reach of the loco pilot and the assistant loco pilots in their seated position,” the official explained.