The second sleeper vande bharat train of the country
The Varanasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat sleeper service will depart Varanasi at 8:50 pm and reach Prayagraj at 10:35 pm, according to the regular timetable. It will reach Kanpur Central at 12:40 am, followed by Aligarh at 3:55 am. The train will reach Ghaziabad at 5:05 before reaching New Delhi at 6:10 am. On the return journey, the train will depart New Delhi at 9:40 pm, reach Ghaziabad at 10:13 pm, Aligarh at 11:20 pm and Kanpur Central at 2:45 am. It will reach Prayagraj at 5:05 am, depart at 5:10 am and arrive in Varanasi at 6:10 am.
Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya , state cabinet minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, MP Praveen Patel and others have been invited to the programme. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has also shared information about the launch through social media. The regular service will run six days a week, providing an overnight rail link between Varanasi, Prayagraj and New Delhi.