Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off six new Vande Bharat trains for different locations on Sunday. The Vande Bharat trains were launched at Tatanagar Junction Railway Station around 10 am, said a release by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
“... Six new Vande Bharat trains, projects worth more than Rs. 650 crores, expansion of connectivity and travel facilities, and Pucca house to thousands of people, I congratulate the people of Jharkhand for these projects...,” PM Modi said.
The six Vande Bharat Express trains, launched on Sunday, will improve the connectivity on these routes:
1) Tatanagar – Patna
2) Bhagalpur - Dumka - Howrah
3) Brahmapur - Tatanagar
4) Gaya - Howrah
5) Deoghar – Varanasi
6) Rourkela - Howrah
Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat Express: It will operate six days a week. It is expected to complete its journey in about seven hours. The train will depart from Tatanagar at 6 am and arrive in Patna by 1 pm, while the return service will leave Patna at 3 pm and reach Tatanagar at 11 pm.
Deoghar-Varanasi route: This service will travel via the Kiul-Gaya route in Bihar, with a scheduled stop at Nawada. The Varanasi-Deoghar Vande Bharat Express will operate six days a week, except Tuesday, The Times of India quoted Eastern Railway’s chief public relations officer Kausik Mitra as saying.
Tatanagar-Berhampur: The train will operate six days a week, excluding Tuesdays. This marks the fourth Vande Bharat Express for Odisha.
Bhagalpur - Dumka - Howrah: The train will connect three states Bihar Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Gaya - Howrah: It will also run six days a week , except Thursday.
"As of date (September 14, 2024), with a fleet of 54 trains (108 services), Vande Bharat has completed a total of around 36,000 trips and carried over 3.17 crore passengers,” the Railway Ministry said.
This expansion follows the recent inauguration of three other Vande Bharat routes linking Meerut to Lucknow, Madurai to Bengaluru, and Chennai to Nagercoil.
