Goa, Nov. 3 -- The proposed extension of the Mangaluru Central-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express to Yeshwantpur will make the upcoming Yeshwantpur-Madgaon-Yeshwantpur service (Train No. 26655/656) the longest-duration Vande Bharat Chair Car route in India. Expected to be flagged off soon, the train will take 12.20 hours to cover the journey from Yeshwantpur to Madgaon and 12.55 hours on its return leg.

Lowest Speed Profile in the Vande Bharat Fleet

Beyond set duration records, this new service is poised to be the slowest among all 82 pairs of Vande Bharat Express trains running across the country. It will record an average operating speed of 54 kmph in the down direction and 53 kmph in the up direction.

For comparison, the country's fastest...