Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off 9 Vande Bharat trains simultaneously on Sunday, including Patna-Howrah. Two days after this, regular operation of Bihar’s second Vande Bharat Express train will start.
Vande Bharat Express Train: Bihar is going to get the gift of another Vande Bharat Express train. Regular operation of Patna-Howrah-Patna Vande Bharat train will start from 26th September. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off this train virtually on Sunday itself. There will be a trial run of this train till Jamui on Saturday. Complete information about fare, route, stoppage and time schedule of Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat Express is being given here. This is the second semi high speed train of Bihar. Earlier, Vande Bharat train was started on Patna-Ranchi route.
However, the train fare has not yet been officially released by the Railways. But according to information received from sources, the fare has been fixed. To travel by normal chair car in Vande Bharat between Patna and Howrah, you will have to pay Rs 1200. Whereas in executive class the fare will be Rs 2300 per passenger. This does not include catering charges.
7 stoppages of Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat train
Chief Public Relations Officer of East Central Railway, Virendra Kumar said that train no. Regular operation of 22348 Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat train will start from 26th September. This train will run 6 days a week. It will have stoppages at Patna Sahib, Mokama, Lakhisarai, Jasidih, Jamtara, Asansol and Durgapur between Patna Junction and Howrah.
The journey will be completed in 6 and a half hours
Passengers can complete the journey between Patna and Howrah in just 6 and a half hours in Vande Bharat train. This train will leave from Patna Junction at 08.00 am. After this, it will stop at Patna Sahib at 08.12, Mokama at 08.58, Lakhisarai at 09.20, Jasidih at 10.53, Jamtara at 11.44, Asansol at 12.15 and Durgapur at 12.39 and reach Howrah at 2.35 pm.
In return train no. 22347 Howrah-Patna Vande Bharat train will depart from Howrah at 3.50 pm. Then Durgapur at 5.28 pm, Asansol at 5.53 pm, Jamtara at 6.27 pm, Jasidih at 7.11 pm, Lakhisarai at 8.40 pm, Mokama at 9.05 pm and Patna Sahib at 9.55 pm and Patna Jn at 10.40 pm. Will reach.
PM Modi will flag off 9 Vande Bharat trains together
CPRO Virendra Kumar said that PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the operation of this semi-highspeed train running between Patna and Howrah and eight other Vande Bharat trains on September 24. Apart from Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat, these 9 trains include Howrah-Ranchi Vande Bharat, Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat, Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat, Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat, Hyderabad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat, Vijayawada-Chennai Vande Bharat, Tirunelveli-Chennai. Egmore Vande Bharat and Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat.