Kacheguda–Yesvantpur Vande Bharat Express

The 20703/20704 Kacheguda - Yesvantpur Vande Bharat Express is India's 29th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Hyderabad in Telangana with city of Bangalore in Karnataka. This train was inaugurated on 24 September 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from New Delhi.

Overview
This is the third Vande Bharat Express train for Telangana. This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Kacheguda, Mahbubnagar, Kurnool City, Anantapur, Dharmavaram Jn and Yesvantpur Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 20703/20704 on 6 days a week basis.

Rakes
It is the twenty-seventh 2nd Generation and fifteenth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.

Service
The 20703/20704 Kacheguda - Yesvantpur Vande Bharat Express operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 612 km in a travel time of 8hrs 15mins with an average speed of 74 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed is 110 km/h.