| Color: | 28457D |
| Coimbatore Junction – Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express | |
| Type: | Vande Bharat Express |
| Locale: | Tamil Nadu and Karnataka |
| First: | (Inaugural) (Commercial) |
| Operator: | Southern Railways (SR) |
| Start: | (CBE) |
| Stops: | 5 |
| End: | Bangalore Cantonment (BNC) |
| Distance: | 374km (232miles) |
| Journeytime: | 06 hrs 30 mins |
| Frequency: | Six days a week (Except Thursday) |
| Trainnumber: | 20642 / 20641 |
| Line Used: | Jolarpettai-Shoranur line (Coimbatore Jn to Salem Jn) Salem-Bangalore line (Salem Jn to Belandur Road) Chennai-Bengaluru City line (Belandur Road to Bengaluru Cantt.) |
| Class: | AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car |
| Sleeping: | No |
| Catering: | On board Catering |
| Observation: | Large windows in all coaches |
| Baggage: | Overhead racks |
| Otherfacilities: | Kavach |
| Stock: | Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 |
| Gauge: | Indian gauge broad gauge |
| Speed: | (Avg.) |
| Trainlength: | 192m (630feet) (08 coaches) |
| Owners: | Indian Railways |
| Maintenance: | Coimbatore Jn (CBE) |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Electrification: | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line |
The 20642/20641 Coimbatore - Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express is India's 39th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore in Karnataka. The train was inaugurated on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ayodhya Dham Junction on 30 December 2023 and started scheduled commercial service from 1 January 2024.
The train is the 39th Vande Bharat express and connects Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore in Karnataka.[1] The train is run by Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways.[2] This train underwent trial runs on the last week of December.[3] [4] The train was inaugurated on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ayodhya Dham Junction on 30 December 2023 and started scheduled commercial service from 1 January 2024.[5] [6]
It is the thirty-seventh second generation and twenty-third mini (eight-car) Vande Bharat train-set which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.[7]
The train operates six days a week, covering a distance of in a travel time of 6 hrs 30 mins with an average speed of . The Maximum Permissible Speed is .[8] The train operates six days a week and has five scheduled halts.[9]