Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bengaluru on 11th November 2022 is all set during which he will launch and inaugurate multiple infrastructure and other projects. Among this long list is the launch of South India’s first ever Vande Bharat Express and we will discuss the same in this article.

The first Vande Bharat of South India is also India’s 5th such train to start running on the Indian Railways’ tracks. The train is popular due to its immaculate speed, luxurious comfort and other features that help it to stand out from the rest of the trains. However, the train that is being launched today between the mentioned stations is better than the previous ones as it is Vande Bharat Express 2.0.

Chennai-Mysore Train Route

Although there are many high speed trains running on the tracks between Chennai and Mysore, Vande Bharat stands out the rest due to its added features and speed. This speedy feature will help the passengers cut the travel time and gain a unique travelling experience.

Vande Bharat Train 2.0 Features

There are multiple features that make Vande Bharat Train unique and I will list all the features below in points for you to have a look at it:

Full speed of the train is 160 km per hour.
When run in full capacity, the train can travel between Chennai and Bengaluru in three hours.
The train is equipped with an intelligent braking system for better acceleration and deceleration.
The coaches of the train have automatic doors.
People will have a GPS-based audio-visual passenger information system.
There is an on-board hotspot Wi-Fi that travellers can use for entertainment purposes.
There are comfortable seats which are installed in the form of rotating chairs in the executive class.
It has the train collision avoidance system KAVACH.
It has four emergency windows in each coach.
It also has four platform side cameras and a rearward camera outside the coach.