MARGAO
Traveling on the Mumbai-Margao sector on the Konkan railway within seven hours may soon become a reality in the near future. For, the Vande Bharat Express had a trial run on the CST, Mumbai-Margao railway station on Tuesday morning. While the train had left the CST station at around 5.50 am on Tuesday, the train is believed to have chugged at the Margao railway station at 12.50, covering the distance by around seven hours.
The train later headed back to CST, Mumbai on Tuesday, even as Konkan railway officials said the experts monitoring the running of the Vande Bharat Express are expected to submit a report to the railway authorities.
KRC senior official, Baban Ghatge informed that the train covered the distance within seven hours. There were however, no stops in between and no passengers travelled by the train, he said.
