Fastest CSMT-Madgaon "Runtime": Vande Bharat Provides "Go Goa Gone" from Mumbai in 7 hours and 50 minutes

On Saturday, around 11 a.m., Prime Minister Narendra Modi will practically signal the departure of this train. At Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Khed, Ratnagiri, Kankavli, and Thivim, there will be seven commercial stops.
 

The Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat will travel the 586 kilometres between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminal (CSMT) and Madgaon at an average speed of 75 kmph, taking 7 hours and 50 minutes on each side.

The railway, which will be officially opened on Saturday, will stop at seven commercial locations: Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Khed, Ratnagiri, Kankavli, and Thivim. Moreover, there will be a technical stop at Roha where boarding and deboarding are prohibited.


About at 11:00 am, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will signal the departure of this train. With this, India will have a total of 19 operating Vande Bharat trains.

According to the official records, this eight-coach train will depart from CSMT at 5.25 am and arrive in Madgoan at 1.15 pm during the non-monsoon season. It will depart from Madgaon at 2.35 pm and arrive at CSMT at 10.25 pm on the return trip.

According to the ministry, the train will have a sectional speed of up to 120 kmph.

"On the CSMT-Diva segment, the sectional speed will be 105 kmph, and on the Diva-Roha stretch, it will be 110 kmph. Both of these are part of Central Railways. The sectional speed on the Konkan Railway's Roha-Madgaon line will be 120 kmph, the ministry claimed.


On all days but Friday, it will be open. The commercial run will take a bit longer than the trial run, which the train completed in about seven hours, according to a ministry official.