Patna–Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) Vande Bharat Express

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Patna Junction - Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) *Vande Bharat Express*
Patna Junction - Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) Vande Bharat Express
Overview
Service type	Vande Bharat Express
Locale	Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
First service	12 March 2024 (Inaugural); 18 March 2024;3 months ago (Commercial)
Current operator(s)	East Central Railways (ECR)
Route
Termini	Patna Junction (PNBE); Gomti Nagar (GTNR)
Stops	5
Distance travelled	545 km (339 mi)
Average journey time	08 hrs 25 mins
Service frequency	Six days a week
Train number(s)	22345 / 22346
Line(s) used	(TBC)
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	65 km/h (40 mph) (Avg.)
Average length	192 metres (630 ft) (08 coaches)
Track owner(s)	Indian Railways
Rake maintenance	(TBC)
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	Bihar
	Uttar Pradesh

Last updated July 09, 2024

The 22345/22346 Patna - Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) Vande Bharat Express is India's 51st Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the capital city of Bihar, Patna with the capital city Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. This express train was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ahmedabad on March 12 2024. ^[1]^[2]

Overview

This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Patna Jn, Ara Jn, Buxar, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Varanasi Jn, Ayodhya Dham Jn and Gomti Nagar (Lucknow). It is operated with train numbers 22345/22346 on 6 days a week basis.

Rakes

It is the forty-ninth 2nd Generation and thirty-fourth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train ^{[ broken anchor ]} which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.^[3]

Service

The Patna - Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) Vande Bharat Express operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 545 km (339 mi) in a travel time of 08 hrs 25 mins with average speed of 65 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) is 130 km/h (81 mph)

↑ Except Fridays

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References

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

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[1] Except Fridays

[2] "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.

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

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

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v t e Vande Bharat Express
Central Railway	Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon^ Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru^
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.
North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Prayagraj (Allahabad) Jn^ Lucknow Jn ⇔ Dehradun Terminal^
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.^
North Western Railway	Ajmer Jn. ⇔ Chandigarh Jn.^ Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad)^ Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn.^
South Central Railway	Jalna ⇔ Mumbai CSMT^ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Tirupati Kacheguda ⇔ Yesvantpur Jn.^ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.^
South East Central Railway	Bilaspur Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.^
South Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ Puri Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.^ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.^
South Western Railway	KSR Bengaluru ⇔ Dharwad^ Mysuru Jn. ⇔ MGR Chennai Central^
Southern Railway	Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn.^ Coimbatore Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment^ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Alappuzha)^ Kasaragod ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Kottayam) 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. ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru ^
West Central Railway	Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa^
Western Railway	Mumbai Central ⇔ Gandhinagar Capital Indore Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.^ Ahmedabad ⇔ Okha^ Ahmedabad Jn. ⇔ Mumbai Central
^ indicates 8 coach trainset (standard: 16 coach trainset)