Kerala yethulwe ngeSonto okwesibili kwayo Vande Bharat Express, iqala ukusebenza ukusuka eKasaragod kuya eThiruvananthapuram. Isici esivelele bekuwumklamo wayo ohlukile osawolintshi nompunga, owavulwa nguNdunankulu uNarendra Modi. Lokhu kube isigameko sokuqala sezitimela ezimbili ze-Vande Bharat Express ezisebenza emzileni ofanayo, ezinikeza insizakalo izinsuku eziyisithupha ngesonto, kanti uLwesibili yilo kuphela oluhlukile.

I-Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express izothatha uhambo cishe amahora angu-8 nemizuzu emi-5.

I-Vande Bharat Express ehlala abantu abangu-530 inabaqeqeshi abangu-8 nezihlalo eziphezulu ezingu-52 futhi izoqala inkonzo evamile ngoSepthemba 27.

Kuzihambi ezihamba ngemoto enguSihlalo, imali yokugibela esuka e-Kasaragod eya e-Thiruvananthapuram ingu-INR ₹1555, okuhlanganisa nenkokhiso yokudla eyinketho engu-INR ₹364. Ngaleso sikhathi, inketho ye-Executive Chair Car inenani elingu-INR ₹2835. I-Vande Bharat Express futhi ihlinzeka ngesevisi eyengeziwe yokudla ye-INR ₹419.