Change in schedules of these 25 trains for Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express

In order to ensure smooth train operations, the Western Railway has changed the schedules of 25 trains in view of the Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express, the officials revealed.

Among the trains whose timings have been revised includes Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express and its schedule has been revised between Vapi and Ahmedabad railway stations in Gujarat, the release said on Tuesday..

"The timings of several trains will be revised, due to the running of train 20901/02 Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express," it stated.


The Western Railway's chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said the train timings were revised only by a few minutes and the new schedule will be effective in the next few days.

"This has been done to make the train operations smooth," Thakur said.

The Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Gujarat Superfast Express, Howrah-Ahmedabad Superfast Express, Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpur Humsafar Express, and Bandra Terminus-Ramnagar Superfast Express are some of the trains whose timings have been revised, as per the release.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi signalled the start of the indigenously designed semi-high-speed Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express on September 30 from the capital of Gujarat, and the commercial service began the next day itself.

Inputs from PTI