Pune Hubli Vande Bharat News: Passengers are often excited about the country’s most popular train, Vande Bharat. Recently, Railways gifted many new Vande Bharats to the people. Pune-Hubli Vande Bharat Express was also run in this series. This train was inaugurated by PM Modi by flagging off on 16 September. It is being told that the time table of this train has been changed. This Vande Bharat Express connects Maharashtra and Karnataka between Hubli and Pune and is managed by South Western Railway zone. South-Western Railways has made changes in the time table of this train at stations like Belagavi and Dharwad.
Pune-Hubli Vande Bharat Express Train No. 20669 departs from Hubli at 05:00 AM and reaches Pune at 13:30 PM. In the return journey, this train number 20670 departs from Pune at 14:15 hrs and reaches Hubli Junction at 22:45 hrs. According to the Financial Express report, the zonal railway has announced timing revision for this service from October 3, 2024, especially at Belagavi and Dharwad stations. South-Western Railways said that this train will now arrive/depart Belagavi at 8:15/8:20 hrs and Dharwad at 10:13/10:15 hrs, whereas earlier these timings were 8:35/8:40 hrs and 10:15 hrs It was :20/10:22.
This Vande Bharat Express covers the distance of 558 kilometers in just 8 hours and 30 minutes, making it the fastest train on this route. In comparison, UBL-DR Express and SGNR Humsafar Express take 11 hrs 20 mins and 11 hrs 45 mins respectively.
At which stations does Pune-Hubli Vande Bharat stop?
Pune-Hubli Vande Bharat Express stops at five stations namely Dharwad, Belagavi, Miraj Junction, Sangli and Satara. The train stops for 2 minutes at Dharwad and Sangli, 3 minutes at Satara and 5 minutes at both Belagavi and Miraj Junction. This train has 8 coaches, in which two seating options are available like Executive Coach and AC Chair Car. Train No. 20669 runs thrice a week (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday), while Train No. 20670 runs on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
How much is the fare for Pune-Hubli Vande Bharat?
To travel from Hubli Junction to Pune, the AC chair car fare is Rs 1,530 and the executive chair car fare is Rs 2,780. Whereas, for the journey from Pune to Hubli, the fare for AC chair car is Rs 1,475 and the fare for executive chair car is Rs 2,730.