{"id":4368,"date":"2025-08-11T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/vande-bharat-express-connecting-nagpur-and-pune-flagged-off-to-cover-881-km-in-12-hours\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:26:08","slug":"vande-bharat-express-connecting-nagpur-and-pune-flagged-off-to-cover-881-km-in-12-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/vande-bharat-express-connecting-nagpur-and-pune-flagged-off-to-cover-881-km-in-12-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Vande Bharat Express connecting Nagpur and Pune flagged off, to cover 881 km in 12 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off the Nagpur\u2013Pune Vande Bharat Express virtually. With this, the Indian Railways added another Vande Bharat Express that will operate in Maharashtra, linking Ajni (Nagpur) and Pune.<\/p>\n<p>This is now the country&#8217;s longest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/tags\/vande-bharat.htm\">Vande Bharat<\/a> route, covering 881 kilometres and beating the record of the New Delhi\u2013Varanasi route. Apart from this, it is also the fastest train between Nagpur and Pune, with an amazing average speed of 73 kmph and 10 scheduled stops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/india\/three-vande-bharat-trains-to-be-launched-on-aug-10-know-routes-fare-timings-19650815.htm\">The new Vande Bharat<\/a> service will be the first to connect several regions between Wardha and Manmad. The train will halt at Wardha, Badnera, Akola, Bhusawal, Jalgaon, Manmad, Kopargaon, Ahilyanagar and Daund Chord Line.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Nagpur (Ajni)\u2013Pune Vande Bharat Express will have eight modern coaches: one Executive Chair Car (52 seats) and seven Chair Cars (a total of 478 seats), accommodating 530 passengers in total. Passengers can expect a premium travel experience, complete with plush interiors, comfy seating, and onboard amenities.<\/p>\n<p>Train No. 26101 (Pune\u2013Ajni Vande Bharat) will depart from Pune at 06:25 hrs (except Tuesday) and reach Ajni at 18:25 hrs.<\/p>\n<p>Train No. 26102 (Ajni\u2013Pune Vande Bharat) will depart from Ajni at 09:50 hrs (except Monday) and reach Pune at 21:50 hrs. Reservations for the train are available at all computerised booking centres and on the IRCTC website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/travel\/now-watch-movies-and-web-series-free-on-railone-app-during-train-journeys-details-19652043.htm\">Now, watch movies and web series free on RailOne app during train journeys, here&#8217;s how<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called the launch of the Vande Bharat Express a \u2018matter of great joy\u2019 for the state. \u201cWe had made a request to the Railway Minister, and he had spoken of taking a positive decision. That decision has been implemented today by the PM. The most important thing is that among all the Vande Bharat trains started so far, this is the longest-distance train. This train will cover a distance of 881 kilometres in 12 hours,\u201d he said, as per Moneycontrol.<\/p>\n<p>Following the commencement of the Vande Bharat Express between Nagpur and Pune, Maharashtra now operates 12 Vande Bharat trains. On Sunday, the PM also inaugurated two other Vande Bharat services &#8212; Bengaluru\u2013Belagavi and Katra\u2013Amritsar Vande Bharat Express trains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"jsx-59014f905e7c97e3 content-info\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-59014f905e7c97e3\">(Edited by : <!-- -->Sudarsanan Mani<!-- -->)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/travel\/vande-bharat-express-connecting-nagpur-and-pune-flagged-off-to-cover-881-km-in-12-hours-19652049.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off the Nagpur\u2013Pune Vande Bharat Express virtually. With this, the Indian Railways added another Vande Bharat Express that will operate in Maharashtra, linking Ajni (Nagpur) and Pune. This is now the country&#8217;s longest Vande Bharat route, covering 881 kilometres and beating the record of the New Delhi\u2013Varanasi route&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}