The cancellation of the Bangalore-Ernakulam Vande Bharat special train has been a setback for Malayalees during the Onam season. While the Southern Railway has been allocated two more Vande Bharat trains, they are the Chennai Central-Nagercoil and Madurai-Bangalore services. Although neither train runs to Kerala, the Chennai-Nagercoil Vande Bharat service is...
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beneficial, especially for Thiruvananthapuram residents. The Chennai-Nagercoil Vande Bharat train offers a significant time saving for those travelling between Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai. A journey that typically takes 14-17 hours can be reduced to 5-8 hours using this train service. For instance, a passenger travelling from Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai can take the Bangalore-Kanyakumari Express to Kanyakumari, which takes 1 hour 45 minutes, and then take the Vande Bharat train from Nagercoil to Chennai, which takes 8 hours 40 minutes, resulting in a total travel time of 10 hours 25 minutes. This service offers a time saving of 4 to 7 hours compared to the usual travel time of 14-17 hours by train or bus.