Railway Ministry approves Vande Bharat service between Bengaluru and Ernakulam, by way of Coimbatore

The Ministry of Railways has accredited the operation of a Vande Bharat Express between KSR Bengaluru and Ernakulam, by way of Coimbatore. The prepare will run six days per week, besides on Wednesdays.

The Railway Board’s communication on Friday (October 31, 2025) mentioned that the Train No. 26651 KSR Bengaluru–Ernakulam Vande Bharat Express will go away Bengaluru at 5.10 a.m. and attain Ernakulam at 1.50 p.m. In the return route, Train No. 26652 will depart Ernakulam at 2.20 p.m. and arrive in Bengaluru at 11 p.m.

The prepare will cease at Krishnarajapuram, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, and Thrissur. It will go away Krishnarajapuram at 5.25 a.m., Salem at 8.15 a.m., Erode at 9.05 a.m., Tiruppur at 9.47 a.m., Coimbatore at 10.35 a.m., Palakkad at 11.30 a.m., and Thrissur at 12.30 p.m. The return service will cease on the identical stations within the reverse order.

The Railway Board has instructed South Western Railway and Southern Railway to start the service from an early, handy date and to concern huge publicity. It has additionally permitted an inaugural particular run, if required, earlier than the beginning of standard operations.

Coimbatore NXT, an initiative by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Coimbatore, welcomed the approval and mentioned the brand new service would supply two handy connections for the town — one every to Bengaluru and Ernakulam. The prepare could be the quickest service from Coimbatore to Bengaluru, with a journey time of 5 hours and half-hour, and from Coimbatore to Ernakulam, with a journey time of three hours.

It additionally urged the Southern Railway to cut back the journey time of the prevailing Coimbatore–Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express (Train No. 20641/20642) from six hours and half-hour to 6 hours, and to introduce a brand new Vande Bharat Express from Coimbatore to Thiruvananthapuram by way of Ernakulam.

Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan, throughout his latest go to to Coimbatore, acknowledged {that a} Vande Bharat prepare connecting Ernakulam and Bengaluru, by way of the textile clusters of Erode, Salem, Tiruppur, and Coimbatore, together with a day by day prepare between Coimbatore and Ranchi, could be launched quickly.