Surat–Udaipur Vande Bharat Gets Railway Board Approval, Eight-Coach Train To Cover 690 Km In Seven And A Half Hours

<p>Gujarat's textile hub Surat <a href="https://hellorail.in/surat-udaipur-city-vande-bharat-express-6c69b00dcc4f/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">secured</a> its first-ever Vande Bharat Express service with the Railway Board's approval of a new semi-high-speed connection to Udaipur City in Rajasthan.

</p><p>The <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/flying-to-udaipur-now-reach-in-7-5-hours-on-new-surat-vande-bharat-train-check-timings-stops-and-route-553038-2026-09-03" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">approved</a> service, numbered 26903/26904, will cover approximately 690 kilometres in seven hours and 30 minutes, operating six days weekly except Tuesdays.

</p><p>Train 26903 will <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/photo/surat-udaipur-vande-bharat-approved-with-an-eight-coach-rake-what-passengers-should-know-before-bookings-open-552574-2026-09-01" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">depart</a> Surat at 6.

10am, reaching Udaipur City at 1.40pm, while the return service will leave Udaipur at 3.35pm, arriving in Surat at 11.00pm. </p><p>The eight-coach train will make nine commercial stops including Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Maninagar, Asarva, Himmatnagar, Shamlaji Road, Dungarpur and Zawar, connecting multiple towns across both states.