Ajni (Nagpur)–Pune Vande Bharat Express

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Ajni (Nagpur) - Pune Junction
Vande Bharat Express
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Overview
Service type Vande Bharat Express
Locale Maharashtra
First service10 August 2025;26 days ago (10 August 2025) (Inaugural)
11 August 2025;25 days ago (11 August 2025) (Commercial) (TBC)
Current operator(s) Central Railways (CR)
Route
Termini Ajni (AJNI)
Pune Junction (PUNE)
Stops10
Distance travelled882 km (548 mi)
Average journey time12 hrs 00 mins
Service frequencySix days a week [a]
Train number(s)26102 / 26101
Line(s) used Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai (Ajni to Manmad), Manmad-Daund branch line, Mumbai-Chennai line (Daund to Pune)
On-board services
Class(es) AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car
Seating arrangements
  • Airline style
  • Rotatable seats
Sleeping arrangementsNo
Catering facilitiesOn board Catering
Observation facilitiesLarge windows in all coaches
Entertainment facilities
Baggage facilitiesOverhead racks
Other facilities Kavach
Technical
Rolling stock Mini Vande Bharat 2.0
Track gauge Indian gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed73 km/h (45 mph) (Avg.)
Average length192 metres (630 ft) (08 coaches)
Track owner(s) Indian Railways
Rake maintenance Nagpur Jn (NGP)

The 26102/26101 Ajni (Nagpur) - Pune Vande Bharat Express is India's 73rd and longest Vande Bharat Express train, which connects the Orange city of India, Nagpur with the cultural capital of Maharashtra, Pune. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

This express train was inaugurated on August 10, 2025, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi [4] [5] via video-conferencing from Bangalore in Karnataka. [6]

Overview

This train is currently operated by Indian Railways, connecting Ajni (Nagpur), Wardha Jn, Badnera Jn, Akola Jn, Shegaon, Bhusaval Jn, Jalgaon Jn, Manmad Jn, Kopargaon, Ahmednagar Jn, Daund Chord Line and Pune Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 26102/26101 on 6 days a week basis. [7]

Rakes

It is the sixty-eighth and the longest 2nd Generation MiniVande Bharat Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative. [8]

Service

The 26102/26101 Ajni (Nagpur) - Pune Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 882 km (548 mi) in a travel time of 12 hrs 00 mins with average speed of 73 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) is 110 km/h (68 mph).

  1. ↑ 26102 - Except Mondays | 26101 - Except Tuesdays

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Three New Vande Bharat Trains To Be Flagged Off On August 10; Check Route, Time & More". News18. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Pune-Nagpur Vande Bharat Express: पुणे-नागपूर वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस 10 ऑगस्टपासून धावणार, येथे पाहा थांबे आणि वेळापत्रक". Times Now Marathi (in Marathi). 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ajni–Pune Vande Bharat Express Set to Begin Operations - The Live Nagpur". 6 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Desk, India TV News; News, India TV (10 August 2025). "PM Modi flags off 3 Vande Bharat trains in Bengaluru, interacts with children at KSR Railway Station | WATCH". India TV News. Retrieved 10 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "PM Modi Inaugurates Bengaluru's Yellow Line Metro, Vande Bharat | CHECK Significance". Zee News. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Desk, NDTV Profit (6 August 2025). "Modi To Flag Off Three New Routes For Vande Bharat Trains In August". NDTV Profit. Retrieved 7 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ News, Nagpur (6 August 2025). "PM Modi to flag off Nagpur-Pune Vande Bharat Express on August 10". Nagpur Today : Nagpur News. Retrieved 7 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ↑ "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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