The Vande Bharat train connecting Jharkhand's capital Ranchi to Bihar's capital Patna is ready for trial run. This train will reach Ranchi from Patna in just six hours. The schedule of its trial run has also been released.
The trial run (Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express) will start from Patna on June 11 at 6.55 am. This train will reach Gaya at 8.20 am. The arrival time at Barkakana will be 11.30. The train will reach Ranchi railway station at 1 pm. During this, the train will also stop at Jehanabad station, Koderma, Hazaribagh and Mesra. According to the planning so far, the train will stop for 10 minutes at Gaya and 5 minutes at Barkakana.
On June 11 itself, the Vande Bharat train will leave for Patna from Ranchi railway station at 14.20 hrs (2:20 minutes). It will reach Barkakana at Tatisilve without stopping at 3.30 pm. (Patna -ranchi Vande Bharat Express) after this it leaves at 7 pm and then will reach Patna at 20.25 pm (8:25 pm). During this, the train will be stopped at the proposed stoppages at Mesra, Hazaribagh, Koderma and Jehanabad.
Regarding the Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat trial Express, the CPTM of East Central Railway has issued a letter to the Senior Divisional Operations Manager of Danapur, Mughalsarai and Dhanbad Divisions asking them to ensure arrangements. According to the letter, a traffic inspector of Danapur has been asked to do foot plating and minute to minute time recording from Patna to Gaya, while Dhanbad division has to do foot plating and minute to minute time recording while going from Gaya to Ranchi and while returning.