Patna–Howrah Vande Bharat Express

Route map
	Legend
	Bihar
	Jharkhand
	Jharkhand
	West Bengal

Patna Junction - Howrah Junction
*Vande Bharat Express*
Patna Junction - Howrah Junction; Vande Bharat Express
Overview
Service type	Vande Bharat Express
Locale	Bihar and West Bengal
First service	(TBC)
Current operator(s)	East Central Railways (ECR)
Route
Termini	Patna Junction (PNBE); Howrah Junction (HWH)
Distance travelled	(TBC)
Average journey time	(TBC)
Service frequency	Six days a week
Train number(s)	22347 / 22348
Line(s) used	(TBC)
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Airline style; Rotatable seats; (TBC)
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	(TBC)
Observation facilities	Large windows in all coaches
Entertainment facilities	On-board WiFi; Infotainment System; Electric outlets; Reading light; Seat Pockets; Bottle Holder; Tray Table;
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Other facilities	Kavach
Technical
Rolling stock	Mini Vande Bharat 2.0
Track gauge	Indian gauge; 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	0 km/h (0 mph) (Avg.) (TBC)
Average length	192 metres (630 ft) (08 coaches)
Track owner(s)	Indian Railways
Rake maintenance	(TBC)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Bihar
	Jharkhand
	Jharkhand
	West Bengal

The Patna - Howrah Vande Bharat Express is India's upcoming Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Patna in Bihar with Howrah in West Bengal.^[1]^[2] The train was expected to be inaugurated by Narendra Modi on August 2023.^[3] But it is postponed.

Overview

This train will be operated by Indian Railways, connecting Patna Jn and Howrah Jn. It will be operated on 6 days a week basis.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Rakes

It will be the upcoming 2nd Generation Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which will be designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.^[7]

Coach Composition

The Patna - Howrah Vande Bharat Express will have 7 AC Chair Car and 1 Executive Chair Car coaches. The coaches in Aqua color indicate AC Chair Cars and the coaches in Pink color indicate AC Executive Chair Cars.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
(TBC)	\| C#	(TBC after commercial run)						C# \|
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
(TBC)	\| C#	(TBC after commercial run)						C# \|

Service

The Patna - Howrah Vande Bharat Express will operate 6 days a week, covering a distance of 0 km (0 mi) in a travel time of 0hrs with average speed of 0 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) will be confirmed after commercial run.

^ Except days

Schedule

The schedule of this Patna - Howrah Vande Bharat Express will be confirmed after commercial run:-

PNBE - HWH - PNBE Vande Bharat Express
22348 (TBC)		Stations	22347 (TBC)
Arrival	Departure	Stations	Arrival	Departure
----	(TBC)	Patna Junction	(TBC)	----
(TBC)	----	Howrah Junction	----	(TBC)

References

^ "Indian Railways To Introduce Vande Bharat Express On Patna-Howrah Route In August". English Jagran. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Patna-Howrah Vande Express rake arrives in city". The Times of India. 2 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ "Vande Bharat Exp to run on Patna-Howrah route in Aug". The Times of India. 31 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Vande Bharat Express Now in Patna-Howrah Route - TimesProperty". timesproperty.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
^ Rai, Madhulika (2 August 2023). "Patna News city will get second Vande Bharat Express soon on the Patna- Howrah route". DNP INDIA. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
^ "Patna-Howrah Vande Express rake arrives in city". The Times of India. 2 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
^ "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[1] Except days

[2] "Indian Railways To Introduce Vande Bharat Express On Patna-Howrah Route In August". English Jagran. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[3] "Patna-Howrah Vande Express rake arrives in city". The Times of India. 2 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[4] "Vande Bharat Exp to run on Patna-Howrah route in Aug". The Times of India. 31 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[5] "Vande Bharat Express Now in Patna-Howrah Route - TimesProperty". timesproperty.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[6] Rai, Madhulika (2 August 2023). "Patna News city will get second Vande Bharat Express soon on the Patna- Howrah route". DNP INDIA. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[7] "Patna-Howrah Vande Express rake arrives in city". The Times of India. 2 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[8] "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

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Central Railway	Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon☆ Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru☆ SCSMT Kolhapur ⇔ Pune Jn.☆ Nagpur Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.★
East Central Railway	Patna Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆ Patna Jn. ⇔ Ranchi Jn.☆ Patna Jn. ⇔ Gomti Nagar (Lucknow)☆
East Coast Railway	Visakhapatnam Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn. Puri ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Bhubaneswar ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ New Jalpaiguri Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Gaya Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Bhagalpur Jn.☆
North Central Railway	Agra Cantonment ⇔ Banaras☆
North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Prayagraj (Allahabad) Jn☆ Lucknow Jn ⇔ Dehradun Terminal☆
Northeast Frontier Railway	New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Guwahati☆ New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
Northern Railway	Amritsar Jn. ⇔ Delhi Jn.☆ Anand Vihar Terminal ⇔ Ayodhya Cantonment Jn.☆ New Delhi ⇔ Amb Andaura Dehradun ⇔ Anand Vihar Terminal☆ New Delhi ⇔ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra New Delhi ⇔ Varanasi Jn.★ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ New Delhi★ SMVD Katra ⇔ New Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin ⇔ Khajuraho Jn.☆ Meerut City Jn. ⇔ Lucknow Charbagh☆ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ Deoghar Jn.☆
North Western Railway	Ajmer Jn. ⇔ Chandigarh Jn. Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad)☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn.☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Agra Cantonment☆
South Central Railway	Jalna ⇔ Mumbai CSMT☆ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Tirupati Kacheguda ⇔ Yesvantpur Jn.☆ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
South East Central Railway	Bilaspur Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆ Durg Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.
South Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ Puri Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆ Howrah Jn. ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Brahmapur☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
South Western Railway	KSR Bengaluru ⇔ Dharwad☆ Mysuru Jn. ⇔ MGR Chennai Central☆ SSS Hubballi Jn. ⇔ Pune Jn.☆
Southern Railway	Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn.☆ Coimbatore Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment☆ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Alappuzha)☆ Kasaragod ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Kottayam) Mangaluru Central ⇔ Madgaon Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Coimbatore Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Mysuru Jn. MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Vijayawada Jn.☆ Chennai Egmore ⇔ Nagercoil Jn. Madurai Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment☆
West Central Railway	Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa☆
Western Railway	Mumbai Central ⇔ Gandhinagar Capital Indore Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆ Ahmedabad ⇔ Okha☆ Ahmedabad Jn. ⇔ Mumbai Central
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