Tatanagar–Patna Vande Bharat Express

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Tatanagar Junction – Patna Junction
Vande Bharat Express
Overview
Service type Vande Bharat Express
Locale Jharkhand and Bihar
First service15 September 2024 (15 September 2024) (Inaugural)
18 September 2024;2 months ago (18 September 2024) (Commercial)
Current operator(s) South Eastern Railways (SER)
Route
Termini Tatanagar Junction (TATA)
Patna Junction (PNBE)
Stops07
Distance travelled(20893 / 20894 / 21895 / 21896) - 451 km (280 mi)
(21893 / 21894) - 642 km (399 mi)
Average journey time(20893 / 20894 / 21895 / 21896) - 07 hrs 15 mins
(21893/21894) - 10 hrs 25 mins
Service frequencySix days a week [a]
Train number(s)20893 / 20894 & 21895 / 21896 (via Gomoh Jn)
21893 / 21894 (via Barkakana Jn & Son Nagar Jn)
Line(s) used
On-board services
Class(es) AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car
Seating arrangements
  • Airline style
  • Rotatable seats
Sleeping arrangementsNo
Catering facilitiesOn board Catering
Observation facilitiesLarge windows in all coaches
Entertainment facilities
Baggage facilitiesOverhead racks
Other facilities Kavach
Technical
Rolling stock Mini Vande Bharat 2.0
Track gauge Indian gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed62 km/h (39 mph) (Avg.)
Average length192 metres (630 ft) (08 coaches)
Track owner(s) Indian Railways
Rake maintenance Tatanagar Jn (TATA)

The 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]

Contents

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 and Patna Jn via 2 routes of services. [11] It currently operates with 3 sets of train numbers on 6 days a week basis. [12]

Routes

This express train runs through Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn on all 5 days except Sundays and Tuesdays, while the other express train runs through Barkakana Jn and Son Nagar Jn only on Sundays & Mondays. The route details are given below:-

Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station Route 2 - via Barkakana Jn & Son Nagar Jn
Train No. 20893Stations [13] Train No. 20894Train No. 21895Stations [14] Train No. 21896Train No. 21893Stations [15] Train No. 21894
Wed, Thur, Fri & SatWed, Thur, Fri & SatOnly MondaysOnly SundaysOnly SundaysOnly Mondays
ArrivalDepartureArrivalDepartureArrivalDepartureArrivalDepartureArrivalDepartureArrivalDeparture
---05:30 Tatanagar Junction 21:30------05:30 Tatanagar Junction 23:55------05:30 Tatanagar Junction 23:55---
06:0006:02 Chandil Junction 20:2320:2506:1006:12 Chandil Junction 22:5823:0006:1006:12 Chandil Junction 22:5322:55
07:1307:15 Muri Junction 19:2319:2507:1307:15 Muri Junction 21:5822:0007:1307:15 Muri Junction 21:5021:52
08:0808:10 Bokaro Steel City 18:4518:4708:0808:10 Bokaro Steel City 21:1521:1708:3008:35 Barkakana Junction 20:5020:55
08:5308:55 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn 17:5818:0008:5008:55 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn 20:2220:2710:4210:44 DaltonGanj 18:0318:05
09:0509:07 Parasnath 17:4317:4509:0509:07 Parasnath 20:0520:0711:5011:52 Garhwa Road Junction 17:3517:40
09:5309:55 Koderma Junction 16:3816:4009:5309:55 Koderma Junction 19:2219:2413:1013:20 Son Nagar Junction
(Reversal)		15:5516:05
11:0511:10 Gaya Junction
(Reversal)		15:3015:3511:0511:10 Gaya Junction
(Reversal)		18:0518:1514:3014:35 Gaya Junction 14:4014:45
12:45--- Patna Junction ---14:1512:45--- Patna Junction ---16:4515:55--- Patna Junction ---13:20

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. [16]

Service

The Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, with the following running days along with their average speeds:-

Train no.Days of ServiceDistanceAverage SpeedMaximum Permissible Speed (MPS)
20893/20984Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat451 km (280 mi)
62 km/h (39 mph)
130 km/h (81 mph)
21893/2189421893 - Sundays
21894 - Mondays		642 km (399 mi)
21895/2189621895 - Mondays
21896 - Sundays		451 km (280 mi)
  1. ↑ Except Tuesdays

See also

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