Vande Bharat sleeper train’s trial run was conducted at 130 km/hr speed on Ahmedabad – Mumbai route. Large number of passengers gathered at Vadodara railway station to have a glimpse of this upcoming train.
The trial run was conducted on Wednesday, January 15 in which the train arrived at Vadodara railway station at 8.26 am. The train left originated from Ahmedabad at 7.15 am with stopagges provisioned at Vadodara, Udhna, Vapi and Borivali before reaching the final destination at Mumbai Central.
The train after arriving at Vadodara at 8.26 am, left the station at 8.31 am and reached Udhna in Surat at 9.38 am to leave at 9.43 am. The train reached Vapi at 10.41 am, Borivali at 12.04 pm before reaching Mumbai Central at 12.40 pm. The train left Mumbai at 13.45 hours to reach Ahmedabad at scheduled time of 7 pm. The officials from operations, electrical engineering, signal, communication and safety were deployed to monitor the trial run.