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Indian Railways is set to begin the operations of the second state-of-the-art Vande Bharat Express train set which will begin to ply between Delhi and Katra from 3 October when Union Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the train, reports Livemint.
Vande Bharat Express will cut down the present travel time between Delhi and Katra by over four hours, from the present 12 hours to just eight.
The train will have only three stops at Ambala, Ludhiana and Jammu, and will depart from Delhi at 6 am to complete the journey by 2 pm. On the return journey, the train would depart from Katra at 3 pm and reach Delhi by 11 pm.