Coimbatore–Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express

The 20642/20641 Coimbatore - Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express is India's 39th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore in Karnataka. The train was inaugurated on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ayodhya Dham Junction on 30 December 2023 and started scheduled commercial service from 1 January 2024.

Overview
The train is the 39th Vande Bharat express and connects Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore in Karnataka. The train is run by Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This train underwent trial runs on the last week of December. The train was inaugurated on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ayodhya Dham Junction on 30 December 2023 and started scheduled commercial service from 1 January 2024.

Rakes
It is the thirty-seventh second generation and twenty-third mini (eight-car) Vande Bharat train-set which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.

Service
The train operates six days a week, covering a distance of 375 km in a travel time of 6 hrs 30 mins with an average speed of 58 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed is 110 km/h. The train operates six days a week and has five scheduled halts.