South Western Railway (SWR) has started the Commercial run of Hubballi Pune Vande Bharat Express (Train number 20669/70) from today. Details are as follows.
The inaugural run of the Hubballi Pune Vande Bharat Express departed Hubballi Railway Station today at 5:02 AM. The Executive Class (EC) went to the waiting list on Day 1 itself.
Train number 20669 Hubballi Pune Vande Bharat Express departs Hubballi at 5:00 AM on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and reaches Pune at 1:30 PM on the same day.
En route, the train stops at Dharwad, Belagavi, Miraj, Sangli and Satara. The train will be operated by an 8-coach Vande Bharat Express rake (in Orange livery).
The train arrives at Dharwad at 5:15 AM and departs at 5:17 AM. The train reaches Belagavi at 6:55 AM and departs towards Pune at 7:00 AM. The train reaches Pune at 1:30 PM.
Fare: Hubballi to Pune (CC: 1530₹, EC: 2780₹), Dharwad to Pune (CC: 1505₹, EC: 2725₹), Belagavi to Pune (CC: 1295₹, EC: 2290₹).
In the return direction, Train number 20670 Pune Hubballi Vande Bharat Express departs Pune at 2:15 PM on Thursday, Saturday and Monday and reaches Hubballi at 10:45 PM.
Also read: Vande Bharat Express gets 80% load from Hubballi Dharwad alone.
The train arrives at Belagavi at 8:35 PM and departs at 8:40 PM. The train reaches Dharwad at 10:20 PM and departs at 10:22 PM. The train reaches Hubballi at 10:45 PM.