Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat Express: Timings, stoppages, route and travel time

Mumbai Goa Vande Bharat Express: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the inaugural run of the Goa-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express from Madgaon railway station on June 3. It will be the 19th semi-high-speed Vande Bharat train in the country; a fourth train to run from Mumbai and a fifth one to run from Maharashtra. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant were present for the function at the Madgaon railway station. 

The Vande Bharat train on the Mumbai-Goa route will have eight coaches, unlike the usual 16 coaches. Presently, 16-coach Vande Bharat trains ply on CSMT (Mumbai)-Sainagar Shirdi, CSMT-Solapur and Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad routes, while another train runs between Nagpur and Bilaspur. The regular service of the Mumbai-Goa train is expected to start from the next week. It will run six days a week except on Friday, railway officials said.  

Mumbai Goa Vande Bharat Express: Route

The Mumbai Goa Vande Bharat train is likely to have 10 stops in its route - CSMT, Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Khed, Ratnagiri, Kankavali, Thivim and Madgaon.

Mumbai Goa Vande Bharat Express: Timing  

Mumbai Goa Vande Bharat Express regular timetable has not been released, the train is likely to depart from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai at 5.25 am and reach Madgaon at 1.15 pm, they said. The train will depart from Madgaon on the same day at 2.35 pm and reach CSMT at 10.25 pm. It is likely to halt at seven stations: Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Khed, Ratnagiri, Kankawali and Thivim. During a trial between CSMT and Madgaon on May 16, the train covered the distance in around seven hours.

Mumbai Goa Vande Bharat Express: Ticket price

The official ticket price of the Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat Express is yet to be announced. However, expectations are that the ticket price will be around Rs 1,400. The price of the ticket might change considering the different classes of the train.