Inauguration of two Vande Bharat trains between Ranchi-Howrah & Rourkela-Puri

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Kolkata: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off 9 Vande Bharat Express trains including Ranchi-Howrah-Ranchi and Rourkela-Puri-Rourkela through video conferencing on 24.09.2023.

C. P. Radhakrishnan, the Governor of Jharkhand, Hafizul Hassan, Minister-in-Charge, Department of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs, Govt. of Jharkhand, Samir Oraon, MP, Sanjay Seth, MP, Aditya Prasad, MP, Smt. Mahua Maji, MP and Anil Kumar Mishra, General Manager, South Eastern Railway were present at Ranchi Station during the inaugural ceremony.

Many dignitaries were present at different stations during the inaugural run of Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat Express. Sudesh Kumar Mahato, MP was present at Muri Station. Smt. Sabita Mahato, MLA was present at Chandil Station. Nara Hari Mahato, MLA was present at Kotshila Station. Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, MP, Sudip Mukherjee, MLA, Kamala Kanta Hansda, MLA and N.C Bouri, MLA were present at Purulia Station. Arjun Munda, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Bidyut Baran Mahato, MP, Raghubar Das, former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Mangal Kalindi, MLA were present at Tatanagar Station. Dilip Ghosh, MP was present at Kharagpur Station during the inaugural run of Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat Express.

During the inaugural run of Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express, Suresh Pujari, MP and Bhabani Shankar Bhoi, MLA were present at Jharsuguda Station. Jual Oram, MP, Sarada Prasad Nayak, Minister of Labour & Employees’ Insurance, Govt. of Odisha and Subrata Tatai, MLA were present at Rourkela Station.

20898/20897 Ranchi-Howrah-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express:

20898 Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat Express will depart Ranchi at 05:15 hrs and will reach Howrah at 12:20 hrs the same day. In the return direction, 20897 Howrah-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express will depart Howrah at 15:45 hrs and will reach Ranchi at 22:50 hrs the same day. The train will run 6 days a week, except Tuesdays.

The train will have stoppages at Muri, Kotshila, Purulia, Chandil, Tatanagar and Kharagpur enroute. The regular run of Ranchi-Howrah-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express will commence from 27.09.2023.

20836/20835 Puri-Rourkela-Puri Vande Bharat Express:

20836 Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express will depart Puri at 05.00 hrs and will reach Rourkela at 12:45 hrs the same day. In the return direction, 20835 Rourkela- Puri Vande Bharat Express will depart Rourkela at 14:10 hrs and will reach Puri at 21.40 hrs the same day. The train will run 6 days a week, except Saturdays.

The train will have stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Talcher Road, Angul, Rairakhol, Sambalpur City and Jharsuguda enroute.

The indigenously designed trains set of Vande Bharat Express is equipped with state-of-the-art passenger amenities. It will provide more comfortable and more convenient travel experience to rail users. The train will be immensely beneficial for the students, businessmen, tourists and entrepreneurs. Enhanced connectivity will also provide a boost to socio-economic development in the region.

Photo Caption: Flagging off of Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat Express from Ranchi Railway Station on 24.09.2023.