Representative image of a Vande Bharat train.
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New Delhi: Kerala Rajya Sabha member John Brittas urged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to continue and regularize Ernakulam-Bengaluru Vande Bharat train service.
In his letter to the Railway Minister, the CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member said that when Ernakulam-Bengaluru Vande Bharat train operated as special train, its occupancy rate was 105 per cent.
However, the railways suspended the special train service abruptly. Urging the Minister to continue the premium train as regular service, he wondered whether the transport lobby forced the railways to suspend the special train service abruptly.
Apart from starting regular Vande Bharat train service on Ernakulam-Bengaluru route, he also urged the Minister to extend the service up to Thiruvananthapuram to meet the high public demand and enhance the connectivity of Kerala’s capital city with Bengaluru.