The Meerut-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express commenced its regular operations on Sunday, starting from Lucknow and arriving at Meerut City station 32 minutes ahead of schedule. The train covered the 458 km distance in 6 hours and 43 minutes, beating the scheduled time of 7 hours and 15 minutes. On...
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its inaugural run, 211 passengers traveled from Lucknow to Meerut, and 10 from Bareilly to Meerut. The train departed Lucknow at its scheduled time of 2:45 pm and reached Bareilly at 5:45 pm, 17 minutes earlier than scheduled. After a brief stop, it departed Bareilly at 6:06 pm and reached Moradabad at 7:28 pm, four minutes ahead of schedule. The train was expected to arrive at Meerut City station at 10 pm, but it arrived at 9:28 pm, 32 minutes early, bringing smiles to the faces of the passengers.