New Jalpaiguri–Patna Vande Bharat Express

Route map
	Legend
	West Bengal
	Bihar

New Jalpaiguri Junction - Patna Junction *Vande Bharat Express*
New Jalpaiguri Junction - Patna Junction Vande Bharat Express
	This Saffron-Grey Mini Vande Bharat Express train on standby at Rajendra Nagar Terminal
Overview
Service type	Vande Bharat Express
Locale	West Bengal and Bihar
First service	12 March 2024 (Inaugural); 14 March 2024;17 months ago (Commercial)
Current operator(s)	North East Frontier Railway (NFR)
Route
Termini	New Jalpaiguri Junction (NJP); Patna Junction (PNBE)
Stops	6
Distance travelled	473 km (294 mi)
Average journey time	06 hrs 55 mins
Service frequency	Six days a week
Train number(s)	22233 / 22234
Line(s) used	Siliguri–Katihar line ; Katihar–Barauni line ; Barauni–Mokama line ; Asansol–Patna line ;
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Airline style; Rotatable seats;
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	On board Catering
Observation facilities	Large windows in all coaches
Entertainment facilities	On-board WiFi ; Infotainment System; Electric outlets ; Reading light; Seat Pockets; Bottle Holder; Tray Table;
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Other facilities	Kavach
Technical
Rolling stock	Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 [ broken anchor ]
Track gauge	Indian gauge ; 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	68 km/h (42 mph) (Avg.)
Average length	192 metres (630 ft) (08 coaches)
Track owner(s)	Indian Railways
Rake maintenance	(TBC)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	West Bengal
	Bihar

Last updated September 01, 2025

The 22233/22234 New Jalpaiguri - Patna Vande Bharat Express is India's 43rd Vande Bharat Express train, which connects the city of Twin Cities, Siliguri in West Bengal with the capital city Patna in Bihar. ^[1]^[2] This express train was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ahmedabad on March 12 2024. ^[3]^[4]

Overview

This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting New Jalpaiguri Jn, Kishanganj, Katihar, Naugachia, Khagaria, Begusarai, Patna Sahib and Patna Jn. It is operated with train numbers 22233/22234 on 6 days a week basis.^[5]

Rakes

It is the forty-first 2nd Generation and twenty-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.^[6]^{[ failed verification ]}

Service

The 22233/22234 New Jalpaiguri Jn - Patna Jn Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except Tuesdays, covering a distance of 473 km (294 mi) in a travel time of 6 hours with an average speed of 68 km/h (42 mph). The service has 6 intermediate stops. The Maximum Permissible Speed is 130 km/h (81 mph).

New Jalpaiguri - Patna Vande Bharat Express (22233) ^[7]
Station	Station Code	Arrival	Departure	Halt (min)	Distance (km)	Day
New Jalpaiguri Jn	NJP	—	05:15	—	—	1
KishanGanj	KNE	06:10	06:12	2	87.3	1
Katihar Jn	KIR	07:40	07:45	5	183.8	1
Naugachia	NNA	08:32	08:34	2	242.4	1
Khagaria Jn	KGG	09:23	09:25	2	309.4	1
Begusarai	BGS	09:56	09:58	2	349.5	1
Patna Saheb	PNC	11:43	11:45	2	462.8	1
Patna Jn	PNBE	12:10	—	—	472.7	1

Patna - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express (22234) ^[8]
Station	Station Code	Arrival	Departure	Halt (min)	Distance (km)	Day
Patna Jn	PNBE	—	13:00	—	—	1
Patna Saheb	PNC	13:12	13:14	2	9.8	1
Begusarai	BGS	15:08	15:10	2	123.2	1
Khagaria Jn	KGG	15:36	15:38	2	163.2	1
Naugachia	NNA	16:26	16:28	2	230.3	1
Katihar Jn	KIR	17:30	17:35	5	288.9	1
KishanGanj	KNE	18:40	18:42	2	385.3	1
New Jalpaiguri Jn	NJP	20:00	—	—	472.7	1

Notes

↑ Except Tuesdays

References

↑ "पटना से न्यू जलपाईगुड़ी सिर्फ 7 घंटे में, इस तारीख से मिलेगा वंदे भारत का टिकट". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
↑ "New Jalpaiguri-Patna Vande Bharat Express: Route, fare". News9live. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
↑ "PM Modi flags off 10 new Vande Bharat Express trains today, four existing routes extended – Check full routes, new destinations and more". Financialexpress. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
↑ Mukhopadhyay, Sounak (12 March 2024). "Watch: PM Modi flags off 10 new Vande Bharat trains". mint. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
↑ "Vande Bharat Express soon to be launched from Patna". www.psuconnect.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
↑ "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
↑ "(22233) New Jalpaiguri - Patna Vande Bharat Express Live Running Status". RailRadar. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
↑ "(22234) Patna - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express Live Running Status". RailRadar. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

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[1] Except Tuesdays

[2] "पटना से न्यू जलपाईगुड़ी सिर्फ 7 घंटे में, इस तारीख से मिलेगा वंदे भारत का टिकट". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[3] "New Jalpaiguri-Patna Vande Bharat Express: Route, fare". News9live. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

[4] "PM Modi flags off 10 new Vande Bharat Express trains today, four existing routes extended – Check full routes, new destinations and more". Financialexpress. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[5] Mukhopadhyay, Sounak (12 March 2024). "Watch: PM Modi flags off 10 new Vande Bharat trains". mint. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[6] "Vande Bharat Express soon to be launched from Patna". www.psuconnect.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[7] "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[railradar-22233-8] "(22233) New Jalpaiguri - Patna Vande Bharat Express Live Running Status". RailRadar. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[railradar-22234-9] "(22234) Patna - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express Live Running Status". RailRadar. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

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v t e Vande Bharat Express
Central Railway	Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon ☆ Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur Kalaburagi ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru ☆ Nagpur Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.☆ Ajni (Nagpur) ⇔ Pune Jn.☆
East Central Railway	Patna Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.★ Patna Jn. ⇔ Ranchi Jn.☆ Patna Jn. ⇔ Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) ☆
East Coast Railway	Visakhapatnam Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.★ Puri ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Bhubaneswar ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ New Jalpaiguri Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Gaya Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Jamalpur Jn.☆
North Central Railway	Agra Cantonment ⇔ Banaras
North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Prayagraj (Allahabad) Jn. Lucknow Jn ⇔ Dehradun Terminal ☆ Gorakhpur Jn. ⇔ Patliputra Jn.☆
Northeast Frontier Railway	New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Guwahati ☆ New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
Northern Railway	Amritsar Jn. ⇔ Delhi Jn. Anand Vihar Terminal ⇔ Ayodhya Cantonment Jn.★ New Delhi ⇔ Amb Andaura Dehradun ⇔ Anand Vihar Terminal ☆ New Delhi ⇔ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra ★ New Delhi ⇔ Varanasi Jn.★ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ New Delhi ★ SMVD Katra ⇔ New Delhi ★ Hazrat Nizamuddin ⇔ Khajuraho Jn. Meerut City Jn. ⇔ Lucknow Charbagh☆ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ Deoghar Jn.☆ SMVD Katra ⇔ Srinagar ☆ Srinagar ⇔ SMVD Katra ☆ SMVD Katra ⇔ Amritsar Jn.☆
North Western Railway	Ajmer Jn. ⇔ Chandigarh Jn.★ Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) ☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn.☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Agra Cantonment ☆
South Central Railway	Jalna ⇔ Mumbai CSMT ☆ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Tirupati Kacheguda ⇔ Yesvantpur Jn. Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.★
South East Central Railway	Bilaspur Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn. Durg Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
South Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ Puri ★ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆ Howrah Jn. ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Brahmapur ☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
South Western Railway	KSR Bengaluru ⇔ Dharwad ☆ Mysuru Jn. ⇔ MGR Chennai Central ☆ SSS Hubballi Jn. ⇔ Pune Jn.☆ SCSMT Kolhapur ⇔ Pune Jn.☆ Belagavi (Belgaum) ⇔ KSR Bengaluru ☆
Southern Railway	Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn. Coimbatore Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment ☆ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central Kasaragod ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central ★ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Madgaon Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Coimbatore Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Mysuru Jn. MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Vijayawada Jn.☆ Chennai Egmore ⇔ Nagercoil Jn.★ Madurai Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment ☆
West Central Railway	Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa ☆
Western Railway	Mumbai Central ⇔ Gandhinagar Capital ★ Indore Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆ Ahmedabad Jn.⇔ Okha ☆ Ahmedabad Jn. ⇔ Mumbai Central Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) ⇔ Veraval Jn.☆
☆ indicates 8 coach trainset \| Standard: 16 coach trainset \| ★ indicates 20 coach trainset

New Jalpaiguri–Patna Vande Bharat Express

Contents

Overview

Rakes

Service

See also

Notes

References