Updated On: 01 October, 2022 04:40 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The booking for the new train had opened only on Thursday

Vande Bharat Express train flagged off by PM Modi. Pic/PTI
More than 96 per cent of seats of the Vande Bharat Express were booked during its first commercial run between Mumbai and Gandhinagar stations on Saturday, a Western Railway (WR) official said.
The train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Gandhinagar on Friday morning. He also travelled on it from Gandhinagar to Kalupur station in Ahmedabad.