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Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express

mini Vande Bharat Express train route in India

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Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ125121261 ↗
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The 22231/22232 Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) - SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express is India's 42nd Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Kalaburagi with the capital Bengaluru in Karnataka. This express train was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ahmedabad on 12 March 2024.

This train service will be running with an additional halt at Yadgir railway station which was flagged off by Minister of State V. Somanna on 3 August 2024 via video conferencing from Bengaluru DRM Office.

Overview

This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Kalaburagi Jn, Yadgir, Raichur Jn, Mantralayam Road, Guntakal Jn, Anantapur, Puttaparthi,Yelahanka Jn and SMVT Bengaluru. It is currently operated with train numbers 22231/22232 on 6 days a week basis.

Rakes

It is the fortieth 2nd Generation and twenty-sixth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.

Service

The 22231/22232 Kalaburagi Jn - SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except Fridays, covering a distance of 548 km (341 mi) in a travel time of 8 hours with an average speed of 63 km/h (39 mph). The service has 6 intermediate stops.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.