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PM flags off Vande Bharat train between Meerut and Lucknow
Meerut-Lucknow Vande Bharat train number 22490 will leave from Meerut for Lucknow at 6:35 am. Moradabad and Bareilly will be stoppages. There will be a halt of five minutes in Moradabad and two minutes in Bareilly. It will reach Lucknow at 1:45 pm. The train will have 8 AC chair car bogies. Passengers will be able to travel in normal chair car and executive class.
MEERUT Prime minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the new Vande Bharat train between Meerut and Lucknow on Saturday.
The main programme was organized at Meerut City Station. The train left from platform number one at 12:55 pm after PM Narendra Modi flagged off the train virtually .
The train will be operational regularly from Sunday and it will leave from Meerut every morning at 6:35 am and there will be no operation on Tuesday.
Fifty children each of Dewan Public School, Rishabh School, Darshan School and Lord Krishna School travelled to Moradabad. They will be brought back from Moradabad by bus. People attending Urs from Bareilly will travel free of cost to Lucknow.
The Railways has released the train schedule and fare and commuters can book tickets online as well.On September 1, train number 22489 Lucknow-Meerut City will depart from Lucknow at 2:45 pm. It will stop in Bareilly and Moradabad. The train will complete the journey of 458.86 kilometres in seven and a quarter hours and reach Meerut City station at 10 pm.
Meerut-Lucknow Vande Bharat train number 22490 will leave from Meerut for Lucknow at 6:35 am. Moradabad and Bareilly will be stoppages. There will be a halt of five minutes in Moradabad and two minutes in Bareilly. It will reach Lucknow at 1:45 pm. The train will have 8 AC chair car bogies. Passengers will be able to travel in normal chair car and executive class.
Train fare
Meerut-Lucknow
Chair car ₹1,300
Executive ₹2,365
Bareilly-Lucknow
Chair car ₹740
Executive ₹1,430
Bareilly-Moradabad
Chair car ₹495
Executive ₹930
Bareilly-Meerut
Chair car ₹945
Executive ₹1,615
