The 22549/22550 Gorakhpur - Lucknow Charbagh Vande Bharat Express is India's 25th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Gorakhpur City via Ayodhya and terminating at Lucknow city in Uttar Pradesh. The train was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 July 2023.
Overview
This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Gorakhpur Jn, Basti, Ayodhya Jn and Lucknow Charbagh. It will be operated with train numbers 22549/22550 on 6 days a week basis.
Rakes
It is the twenty-third 2nd Generation and eleventh 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.
Coach composition
The 22549/22550 Gorakhpur - Lucknow Charbagh Vande Bharat Express currently has 7 AC Chair Car and 1 Executive Chair Car coaches. The coaches in Aqua colour indicate AC Chair Cars and the coaches in Pink colour indicate AC Executive Chair Cars.
Service
The 22549/22550 Gorakhpur - Lucknow Charbagh Vande Bharat Express will operate 6 days a week, covering a distance of in a travel time of 4 hrs 15 mins with average speed of 71 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) given is .
Schedule
The schedule of this 22549/22550 Gorakhpur - Lucknow Charbagh Vande Bharat Express is given below:-
Incidents
After the inauguration ceremony of the newly launched Vande Bharat Express train between Gorakhpur and Lucknow, it met with a goat incident. This incident took place on when crossing Sohawal, about 15 km away from Ayodhya Cantt. Jn railway station, leading to damage of window panes at coaches C1, C3, C5 (Chair Car) and E1 (Executive Chair Car). No casualties were reported during that incident.