Mangaluru Central–Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express

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20631 ↓ Mangalore Central Karnataka Kerala border Kasaragod Kannur Kozhikode Tirur Shoranur Junction Thrissur Ernakulam Junction Alappuzha Kollam Junction 20632 ↑ Thiruvananthapuram Central

The 20631/20632 Mangaluru Central - Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express is India's 33rd Vande Bharat Express train, connecting South Karnataka's coastal city Mangaluru (Mangalore) with Kerala's south and state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the second Vande Bharat Express in Kerala as well as India's first saffron coloured semi-high speed train (replaced with White Blue Vandebharat rake of the pairing train after extension to Mangalore Central). The first Vande Bharat train in Kerala started its service between Kasaragod and Thiruvananthapuram via Kottayam route in April 2023. ^[1] With increase in patronage, there has been a strong demand by the passengers to have a second Vande Bharat between Mangalore and Thiruvananthapuram so as to increase the frequency of this route per day to three trains.

The initial service of this Vande Bharat Express train from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram Central was inaugurated on 24 September 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from New Delhi.^[2] The extension of train from Kasaragod to Mangaluru was inaugurated on 12 March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from Ahmedabad. ^[3][4][5]

This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Mangaluru Ctrl, Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Tirur, Shoranur Junction, Thrissur, Ernakulam Junction, Alappuzha, Kollam Junction and Thiruvananthapuram Central. It is the second Vande Bharat Express train allocated to Kerala. It is currently operated with train numbers 20631/20632. ^[6][7][8]

It is the thirty-first 2nd Generation and nineteenth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train^{[broken anchor]} which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.^[9][10] It is India's first Mini VB 2.0 Express train^{[broken anchor]}, running the tracks with the Saffron-Grey livery with 25 more modifications in the rakes.^[11][12] As per reports, a pairing train rake is allocated as there are a few problems in the maintenance of the train as per the current Time Table.^[13] After extension till Mangalore, the maintenance problem has been resolved and the Saffron Grey rakes are swapped and replaced with White Blue Vandebharat rake of the pairing train.

The 20631/20632 Mangaluru Central - Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except wednesday, covering a distance of 621 km (386 mi) in a travel time of 8 hrs 40 mins with an average speed of 73 km/h (45 mph). The Maximum Permissible Speed is 100 km/h (62 mph).

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  3rd Rake of this Mini Vande Bharat Express train
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  Dual Rakes of this Mini VB Express train
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  This Mini Vande Bharat Express train at Kasaragod railway station and getting ready for departure towards Trivandrum Ctrl
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  Crowd at Kollam Junction railway station on 24 September 2023 to welcome the second Vande Bharat Express allotted to Kerala

• Kasaragod - Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express
• Kannur–Thiruvananthapuram Jan Shatabdi Express
• Kozhikode–Thiruvananthapuram Jan Shatabdi Express
• Executive Express
• Mangalore Central railway station
• Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station
• Alappuzha railway station

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Vande Bharat Express

Central Railway

• Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon☆
• Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi
• Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur
• Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru☆
• SCSMT Kolhapur ⇔ Pune Jn.☆
• Nagpur Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.★

East Central Railway

• Patna Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆
• Patna Jn. ⇔ Ranchi Jn.☆
• Patna Jn. ⇔ Gomti Nagar (Lucknow)☆

East Coast Railway

• Visakhapatnam Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.
• Puri ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆
• Bhubaneswar ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆

Eastern Railway

• Howrah Jn. ⇔ New Jalpaiguri Jn.
• Howrah Jn. ⇔ Gaya Jn.
• Howrah Jn. ⇔ Bhagalpur Jn.☆

North Central Railway

• Agra Cantonment ⇔ Banaras☆

North Eastern Railway

• Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Prayagraj (Allahabad) Jn☆
• Lucknow Jn ⇔ Dehradun Terminal☆

Northeast Frontier Railway

• New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Guwahati☆
• New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆

Northern Railway

• Amritsar Jn. ⇔ Delhi Jn.☆
• Anand Vihar Terminal ⇔ Ayodhya Cantonment Jn.☆
• New Delhi ⇔ Amb Andaura
• Dehradun ⇔ Anand Vihar Terminal☆
• New Delhi ⇔ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
• New Delhi ⇔ Varanasi Jn.★
• Varanasi Jn. ⇔ New Delhi★
• SMVD Katra ⇔ New Delhi
• Hazrat Nizamuddin ⇔ Khajuraho Jn.☆
• Meerut City Jn. ⇔ Lucknow Charbagh☆
• Varanasi Jn. ⇔ Deoghar Jn.☆

North Western Railway

• Ajmer Jn. ⇔ Chandigarh Jn.
• Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad)☆
• Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn.☆
• Udaipur City ⇔ Agra Cantonment☆

South Central Railway

• Jalna ⇔ Mumbai CSMT☆
• Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Tirupati
• Kacheguda ⇔ Yesvantpur Jn.☆
• Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆

South East Central Railway

• Bilaspur Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆
• Durg Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.

South Eastern Railway

• Howrah Jn. ⇔ Puri
• Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆
• Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆
• Howrah Jn. ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆
• Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Brahmapur☆
• Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆

South Western Railway

• KSR Bengaluru ⇔ Dharwad☆
• Mysuru Jn. ⇔ MGR Chennai Central☆
• SSS Hubballi Jn. ⇔ Pune Jn.☆

Southern Railway

• Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn.☆
• Coimbatore Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment☆
• Mangaluru Central ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Alappuzha)☆
• Kasaragod ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Kottayam)
• Mangaluru Central ⇔ Madgaon Jn.☆
• MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Coimbatore Jn.☆
• MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Mysuru Jn.
• MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Vijayawada Jn.☆
• Chennai Egmore ⇔ Nagercoil Jn.
• Madurai Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment☆

West Central Railway

• Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin
• Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa☆

Western Railway

• Mumbai Central ⇔ Gandhinagar Capital
• Indore Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆
• Ahmedabad ⇔ Okha☆
• Ahmedabad Jn. ⇔ Mumbai Central

☆ indicates 8 coach trainset | Standard: 16 coach trainset | ★ indicates 20 coach trainset