Patna–Howrah Vande Bharat Express

Route map
	Legend
	Bihar
	Jharkhand
	Jharkhand
	West Bengal

Patna Junction - Howrah Junction
*Vande Bharat Express*
Patna Junction - Howrah Junction; Vande Bharat Express
Overview
Service type	Vande Bharat Express
Locale	Bihar and West Bengal
First service	24 September 2023 (Inaugural run); 26 September 2023;2 years ago (Commercial Run)
Current operator	East Central Railways (ECR)
Route
Termini	Patna Junction (PNBE); Howrah Junction (HWH)
Stops	8
Distance travelled	532 km (331 mi)
Average journey time	06 hrs 35 mins
Service frequency	Six days a week
Train number	22348 / 22347
Lines used	Asansol–Patna section ; Bardhaman–Asansol section ; Howrah–Bardhaman chord ;
On-board services
Classes	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 ; (Last service: Feb 11 2025); Vande Bharat 2.0 ; (First service: Feb 13 2025)
Track gauge	Indian gauge ; 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	81 km/h (50 mph) (Avg.)
Average length	480 metres (1,570 ft) (20 coaches)
Track owner	Indian Railways
Rake maintenance	Rajendra Nagar Coaching Complex (RNCC)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Bihar
	Jharkhand
	Jharkhand
	West Bengal

Last updated October 15, 2025

The 22348/22347 Patna–Howrah Vande Bharat Express is India's 30th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Patna in Bihar with Howrah in West Bengal.^[2]^[3] This train was inaugurated on 24 September 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from New Delhi.^[4]

Overview

This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Patna Jn, Patna Sahib, Bakhtiyarpur Jn, Mokama Jn, Lakhisarai Jn, Jasidih Jn, Jamtara, Asansol Jn, Durgapur and Howrah Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 22348/22347 on 6 days a week basis.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Rakes

It was the twenty-eighth 2nd Generation and sixteenth 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. It was later swapped with the orange liveried rakes of Patna–Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) Vande Bharat Express.^[8]

This conversion of 8 coaches to 16 coaches commenced on February 13, 2025, as this would benefit the passengers heading towards the metropolitan area of Kolkata, Howrah via the forest land of Jharkhand. On July 11th 2025 it was given the new 3rd generation Vande Bharat trainset having 20 coaches.

Service

The 22347/22348 Howrah Jn - Patna Jn Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except Wednesdays, covering a distance of 532 km (331 mi) in a travel time of 6 hours with an average speed of 78 km/h (48 mph). The service has 8 intermediate stops. The Maximum Permissible Speed is 130 km/h (81 mph).

Notes

↑ Except Wednesdays

References

↑ "Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat train to run 6 days a week from September 26". The Times of India. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
↑ "Indian Railways To Introduce Vande Bharat Express On Patna-Howrah Route In August". English Jagran. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
↑ "Patna-Howrah Vande Express rake arrives in city". The Times of India. 2 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 2 August 2023.
↑ "Vande Bharat Exp to run on Patna-Howrah route in Aug". The Times of India. 31 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 1 August 2023.
↑ "Vande Bharat Express Now in Patna-Howrah Route - TimesProperty". timesproperty.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ Rai, Madhulika (2 August 2023). "Patna News city will get second Vande Bharat Express soon on the Patna- Howrah route". DNP INDIA. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ "Patna-Howrah Vande Express rake arrives in city". The Times of India. 2 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

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[2] Except Wednesdays

[1] "Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat train to run 6 days a week from September 26". The Times of India. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[3] "Indian Railways To Introduce Vande Bharat Express On Patna-Howrah Route In August". English Jagran. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[4] "Patna-Howrah Vande Express rake arrives in city". The Times of India. 2 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[5] "Vande Bharat Exp to run on Patna-Howrah route in Aug". The Times of India. 31 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[6] "Vande Bharat Express Now in Patna-Howrah Route - TimesProperty". timesproperty.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[7] Rai, Madhulika (2 August 2023). "Patna News city will get second Vande Bharat Express soon on the Patna- Howrah route". DNP INDIA. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[8] "Patna-Howrah Vande Express rake arrives in city". The Times of India. 2 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[9] "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 ⇔ 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. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆ 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 ☆ Jodhpur ⇔ Delhi Cantt.☆ Bikaner Jn. ⇔ Delhi Cantt.☆
South Central Railway	Hazur Sahib Nanded ⇔ 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