Indian Railways Ticket Booking: Good news for travellers. Now, passengers can book tickets on these eight Vande Bharat Express just 15 minutes before the train arrives at their station. To enable this, the Indian Railways has made some changes to the Passenger Reservation System (PRS). The move is aimed at improving passenger experience and streamlining hassle-free current bookings at en route stations for Vande Bharat Express trains.
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Vande Bharat Train Ticket Booking
However, these changes have been introduced on Vande Bharat trains operated by the Southern Railway (SR) zone. In a statement, the zonal railway said: “For the 8 Vande Bharat trains originating from Southern Railway, current reservations can be done at enroute stations upto 15 minutes before the departure.”
Earlier, this facility was limited, curtailing the passengers from booking from enroute stations once the train leaves the source station.
Under the new rule, vacant seats on Vande Bharat trains will now be available for current booking at en route stations, significantly benefitting passengers and enabling better occupancy of the train.
Book tickets on these Vande Bharat trains just 15 minutes before arrival
The SR has done the modification in the Passenger Reservation System for the following 8 Vande Bharat trains:
- Train number 20631 Mangaluru Central-Thiruvananthapuram Central Vande Bharat Express
- Train number 20632 Thiruvananthapuram Central- Mangaluru Central Vande Bharat Express
- Train number 20627 Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat Express
- Train number 20628 Nagercoil – Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express
- Train number 20642 Coimbatore-Bengaluru Cantt. Vande Bharat Express
- Train number 20646 Mangaluru Central-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express
- Train number 20671 Madurai-Bengaluru Cantt. Vande Bharat Express
- Train number 20677 Dr MGR Chennai Central-Vijayawada Vande Bharat Express
What is the passenger occupancy of Vande Bharat Express train?
At present, a total of 144 Vande Bharat Express trains are running across various routes in the country. According to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Vande Bharat Express trains have been running with over 100 per cent on all routes.
“The overall occupancy of Vande Bharat Express trains in Financial Year 2024-25 & 2025-26 (till June, 2025) is 102.01% & 105.03% respectively,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday (July 30, 2025).
