Classic route
Vande Bharat Express New Delhi–Varanasi
New Delhi → Varanasi · India
First of India’s home-built semi-high-speed EMUs (2019), skimming the Gangetic plain from the capital to Hinduism’s holiest city in eight hours.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 13014031 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Indian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Vande Bharat Express?
The Vande Bharat Express runs 759 km from New Delhi to Varanasi.
How long does the Vande Bharat Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 8 h for the 759 km. That is an average of 95 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.
Who runs the Vande Bharat Express?
Indian Railways, with Vande Bharat EMU.
How old is the Vande Bharat Express?
The line has been in service since 2019. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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