4 Vande Bharat, 9 Express trains of Southern Railway among top 10 highly occupied services of the Railways in 2025-26

With four of the top 10 Vande Bharat Express trains and six of the top 10 highly occupied Express trains among the Railways being from Southern Railway (SR), the Zone has achieved several firsts in the passenger service (commercial) indices among the zonal railways in the country for 2025-26.

Train No. 20632 Thiruvananthapuram Central (TVC) – Mangaluru Central (MAQ) Vande Bharat Express was in the top position with 187.78% occupancy among VBs across the country. Its pairing service, Train No. 20631 MAQ-TVC VB Express was in the third position with 173.33% occupancy; Train No. 20633 Kasargod (KGQ)-TVC VB Express in the fourth position (172.87%) and Train No. 20634 TVC-KGQ VB Express was in the seventh position with 159.36% occupancy, according to SR Chief Public Relations Officer M. Senthamil Selvan.