The Indian Railways has announced that the Banaras-Agra Vande Bharat will begin regular service on Monday, September 23. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the train a week ago, on September 16, 2024.
The eight-coach Vande Bharat train is expected to complete the journey from Agra to Banaras in seven hours. Ashok Kumar, the public relations officer of the Varanasi division of North Eastern Railway (NER), announced the train's schedule.