A custom-made 20-coach Vande Bharat rake with automatic emergency brake (AEB) system traverses the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road ghat section of South Western Railway’s Mysuru division during the first trial run on August 12, 2026.
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The first trial run of a Vande Bharat rake fitted with automatic emergency brake (AEB) system was carried out on the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road ghat section of the Hassan-Mangaluru line on August 12 as a prelude to the introduction of VB Express service on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru sector.The trials are being conducted by the Mysuru division of South Western Railway (SWR).The trial run commenced from Sakleshpur Railway Station at 6.42 am. The train reached Subrahmanya Road station at 10.55 am, Mysuru Divisional Railway Manager Mudit Mittal told The Hindu. The rake was expected to climb the ghat towards Sakleshpur in the afternoon with the process to be repeated till August 20.Successful completion of the field trials would pave the way for introduction of a Vande Bharat Express train on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru sector that is expected to connect the State capital to coastal Karnataka.
The custom-made 20-car Vande Bharat rake with automatic emergency brake (AEB) system set to commence the first trial on the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road ghat section, from Sakleshpur Railway Station in Hassan district, on August 12, 2026.
