Tatanagar–Patna Vande Bharat Express
Mini Vande Bharat Express train route in India
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The 20893/20894 Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express is India's 56th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the industrial city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand with the metropolitan capital city of Patna in Bihar. [1]
This express train was inaugurated on September 15 2024, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from the capital city of Ranchi instead of physically inaugurating at Tatanagar Junction in Jharkhand due to continuous rains in Jamshedpur.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Overview
This train is currently operated by Indian Railways, connecting Tatanagar Jn, Chandil, Muri Jn, Bokaro Steel City[11], Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn, Parasnath, Koderma Jn, Gaya Jn and Patna Jn.[12] It currently operates with train numbers 20893/20894 on 4 days a week basis.[13]
Rakes
It is the fifty-third 2nd Generation and thirty-seventh Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.[14]
Service
The 20893/20894 Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express currently operates 4 days a week, covering a distance of 451 km (280 mi) in a travel time of 07 hrs 15 mins with average speed of 62 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) will be confirmed after commercial run.
- ^ Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays
See also
- Vande Bharat Express
- Tejas Express
- Gatiman Express
- Tatanagar Junction railway station
- Patna Junction railway station
References
- ^ "Bihar welcomes four more Vande Bharat Express trains, routes include Patna-Tatanagar and Bhagalpur-Howrah – Check list". Financialexpress. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Athrady, Ajith. "PM Modi flags off six Vande Bharat Express trains in poll-bound Jharkhand". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "PM's Jamshedpur Visit Canceled Due to Rain, Will Inaugurate Online from Ranchi". Live Hindustan (in Hindi). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "PM Modi flags off six Vande Bharat trains at Jharkhand's Tatanagar". The Economic Times. 15 September 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ DHNS. "PM Modi to flag off six Vande Bharat Express trains in poll-bound Jharkhand". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "PM Modi to flag off six new Vande Bharat Express trains during Jharkhand visit today – Full list of routes here". Financialexpress. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Post, Town (11 September 2024). "Vande Bharat Express to Connect Tatanagar and Patna". Town Post. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Sharma, Ankita (12 September 2024). "Jamshedpur Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Vande Bharat trains on 11 routes, including Tata-Patna, on September 15 through remote". AnyTV News. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Story, Jharkhand (12 September 2024). "Jharkhand News: SE Railway notifies PM to flag off six new Vande Bharat Express trains from Tatanagar on Sept 15". The Jharkhand Story. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Post, Town (12 September 2024). "Tatanagar Station Awaits PM Modi to Flag Off 6 Vande Bharat Trains". Town Post. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat gets grand welcome in Bokaro". The Times of India. 16 September 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ "गया-हावड़ा, पटना-टाटा और वाराणसी-देवघर के बीच चलेंगी नई वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनें, 15 सितंबर को शुभारंभ - New Vande Bharat Express trains will run between Gaya Howrah Patna Tata and Varanasi Deoghar". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Aniket. "20893/Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express (via Gomoh) - Tatanagar to Patna SER/South Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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