The Tata-Patna Vande Bharat Express commenced operations on Wednesday, after its inauguration by Prime Minister Modi on Sunday in Ranchi. The train departs from Tatanagar at 5:30 AM, making stops at Chandil, Muri, Bokaro, Gomoh, Parasnath, Koderma, and Gaya, arriving in Patna Junction at 12:45 PM. The return journey from Patna...
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departs at 2:15 PM, following the same route in reverse. The train operates six days a week, excluding Mondays. The eight-coach train offers chair car tickets at ₹1505 and executive class tickets at ₹2570 for the entire journey. The train also has stops in Jharkhand at Koderma, Parasnath, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Gomoh station, Bokaro Steel City, Muri, and Chandil, and in Bihar at Patna and Gaya.

The Vande Bharat Express, connecting Deoghar, Gaya, and Kashi Vishwanath, will commence service from Deoghar on September 15th. MP Dr. Nishikant Dubey inspected the Baidyanath Dham railway station and reviewed preparations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the train via video conferencing from Jamshedpur. The MP stated that Godda parliamentary constituency...
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will have direct connectivity to Varanasi. The Baidyanath Dham station will be included in the Amrit Bharat station development program. The platform number two at the station will be prepared to accommodate 24 coaches. Additionally, the MP will be welcoming the Vande Bharat Express from Bhagalpur to Howrah in Hansdiha on the same day. Plans are underway to improve connectivity from Deoghar to Hansdiha, which could enable a 4-hour journey to Howrah via Vande Bharat.

On September 13th, a Vande Bharat Express train traveling from Visakhapatnam to Durg was vandalized with stones near Bagbahara station in Chhattisgarh. Five individuals, identified as Shiv Kumar Baghel, Devendra Chandrakar, Jitu Tandi, Lekhraj Sonwani, and Arjun Yadav, were arrested and charged under the Railway Act 1989. The incident caused damage...
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to the train's windows. The second Vande Bharat train in Chhattisgarh, connecting Durg and Visakhapatnam, is scheduled to be inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 16th. The train was undergoing a trial run when the stone-throwing incident occurred.

The South Eastern Railway has announced the cancellation of several mail and express trains due to anticipated fog during the winter season. This cancellation will affect a total of 18 to 26 trips between December 2, 2024, and February 28, 2025. The affected trains include: Train number 12873 (Hatia-Anand Vihar...
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Terminal Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express) with 18 trips cancelled between December 2, 2024, and January 9, 2025. Train number 12874 (Anand Vihar Terminal-Hatia Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express) with 18 trips cancelled between December 3, 2024, and January 10, 2025. Train number 22857 (Santaragachi-Anand Vihar Terminal Weekly Superfast Express) with 6 trips cancelled between December 2, 2024, and January 6, 2025. Train number 22858 (Anand Vihar-Santaragachi Weekly Superfast Express) with 6 trips cancelled between December 3, 2024, and January 7, 2025. Train number 18103 (Tatanagar-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express) with 26 trips cancelled between December 2, 2024, and February 26, 2025. Train number 18104 (Amritsar-Tatanagar Jallianwala Bagh Express) with 26 trips cancelled between December 4, 2024, and February 28, 2025.

A new Garib Rath Express train will run directly from Dhanbad to Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir, utilizing the Dhanbad-Chandrapura rail route. The train will travel via Dhanbad, Katras, Chandrapura, Barkakana, and Garhwa Road. This new train will use the existing coaches from the Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express. The new...
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train will also fulfil a long-standing demand for a direct train from Dhanbad to Delhi. Meanwhile, a Vande Bharat Express train was attacked by stone-throwing during a trial run between Tata and Patna, causing damage to a window of one of the coaches. The train was delayed by 2 hours. The Vande Bharat Express, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 15th, will be inaugurated at two stations in Banka, with local MP and MLA in attendance.