Ticket booking for the Bengaluru Cantonment-Ernakulam Junction Vande Bharat Special Express has commenced. The fare from Ernakulam to Bengaluru in the chair car is Rs 1,465, including food, and Rs 2,945 in the executive chair car. However, booking for the service from Bengaluru to Ernakulam has not yet begun.
The 8-coach train consists of one executive chair car and seven standard chair cars. Vande Bharat schedule 1) Vande Bharat from Bengaluru Cantonment to Ernakulam Junction (06002) departs from Cantonment at 5:30 am and reaches Ernakulam at 2:20 pm on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Mondays. 2) The Ernakulam-Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat (06001) departs from Ernakulam at 12:50 pm on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays and reaches Bengaluru at 10 pm.
3)Vande Bharat will operate 24 trips in both directions from July 31 to August 26. Vande Bharat journey duration The train will cover the distance of 620 km from Bengaluru to Ernakulam Junction in 9 hours and 10 minutes. Stops have been sanctioned at Salem, Erode, Tirupur, Pothanur, Palakkad, and Thrissur.
The KSR Bengaluru–Ernakulam Junction Intercity Express (12677/12678), which runs daily services between the two cities, covers a distance of 587 km in 10 hours and 33 minutes. The intercity service operates via Hosur and has stops at 14 places..