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Vande Bharat is the fastest, but Tejas arrives early: Chennai to Madurai Vande Bharat, Vaigai superfast trains face 8-17 minutes delay while Tejas express reaches destination before scheduled time

Vande Bharat is the fastest train from Chennai to Madurai, but it runs 17 minutes late on average. Vaigai is eight minutes late. Tejas Express arrives 12 minutes early. A six month check shows speed is not everything, and the viral Vaigai claim does not tell the full story.

Faster than Vande Bharat: 49-year-old Vaigai Express hits 110kmph speed, reaches Madurai in just 5 hours 35 minutes, two hours earlier despite leaving late from Chennai covering 430 km

Vaigai Express service has been running since 1977. The Vande Bharat on the same corridor started only in 2023. On October 24, running late and through two delays, the Vaigai still matched the Vande Bharats Chennai-Madurai time of 5 hours and 35 minutes. Some things just do not get old.