Prime Minister Narendra Modi will nearly flag off as many as 10 new Vande Bharat Express trans throughout varied routes within the nation on Tuesday. These embody Jharkhand’s third Vande Bharat Express practice which can run between Ranchi to Varanasi. According to an official, the common run of the Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express will start on March 18.
10 new Vande Bharat trains on THESE routes:
- Ranchi-Varanasi
- New Jalpaiguri-Patna
- Patna-Lucknow
- Lucknow-Dehradun
- Puri-Visakhapatnam
- Kalaburagi–Bengaluru
- Ahmedabad-Mumbai
- Khajuraho-Delhi
- Mysuru-Chennai routes
- Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam
Some key highlights of Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express:
- The fare between Ranchi and Varanasi shall be Rs 2,325 for the Executive AC Chair Car
- The fare for the AC Chair Car shall be Rs 1,160 with out meals.
- The practice will run six days per week, excluding Thursday.
- The practice will full the 571 km distance in seven hours and fifty minutes.
- The practice will depart from Ranchi at 5.10 am and attain Varanasi at 1 pm.
- While returning, it’ll go away Varanasi at 4.05 pm and attain Ranchi at 11.55 pm.
- The practice could have stops at Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Koderma, Gaya, Sasaram and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction.
Other key inaugurations in Jharkhand
The state’s first Vande Bharat Express, which operates between Ranchi and Patna, was flagged off on June 27, 2023, whereas the second Vande Bharat between Ranchi and Howrah was launched on September 24 final 12 months. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister may also inaugurate the Hatia-Asansol-Hatia Express and doubling of Ranchi-Bondamunda railway line and stalls beneath ‘One Station One Product’ scheme at Ranchi, Hatia, Govindpur Road, Itki, Muri, Piska, Silli, Tangarbasuli, Tatisilwai stations, Barkakana, Ranchi Road and Pradhan Khanta stations beneath completely different railway divisions in Jharkhand.
Vande Bharat Express on Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru route
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi may also nearly flag off the inaugural run of the Vande Bharat Express between Dr MGR Chennai Central and Mysuru on Tuesday. He may also inaugurate the prolonged Vande Bharat Service from Mangaluru Central to Thiruvananthapuram Central, and the brand new Kollam–Tirupati Express, by means of video conferencing.
The Chennai–Bengaluru–Mysuru practice is the second Vande Bharat Express on this part. The first on this route was launched in 2022.
The inaugural run of Train No 20664 Dr MGR Chennai Central–SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express will depart from Chennai at 09.15 hours and arrive in Bengaluru at 14.20 hours on Tuesday, with stops in Katpadi and Krishnarajapuram. However, the common service will start solely on March 14, because the practice runs all days of the week, besides Wednesdays.
(With PTI inputs)
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