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Ranchi–Howrah Vande Bharat Express
The 20898/20897 Ranchi - Howrah Vande Bharat Express is India's 31st Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Ranchi in Jharkhand with Howrah in West Bengal. This train was inaugurated on 24 September 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from New Delhi. The route of Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat train has been diverted. According to the information, now this train will go to Ranchi and come via Howrah, Kharagpur, Midnapore, Adra, Purulia, Muri. The green signal for this has been received from the Railways. Which will be effective on 3 December. Overview This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Ranchi Jn, Muri Jn, Kotshila Jn, Purulia Jn, Chandil Jn, Tatanagar Jn, Kharagpur Jn and Howrah Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 20898/20897 on 6 days a week basis. Rakes It is the twenty-ninth 2nd Generation and seventeenth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howrah Railway Station
Howrah railway station (also known as Howrah Junction) is a railway station located in the city of Howrah, of Kolkata Metropolitan Area, West Bengal, India. It is the largest and busiest railway complex in India, as well as one of the List of busiest railway stations, busiest and Railway platform#Greatest number of platforms, largest train stations in the world. It is also the oldest surviving railway complex in India. Howrah is one of the five large intercity railway stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan area, the others being , , and Kolkata railway station. The first public train from the station was on 15 August 1854, on what is now the Howrah – Hooghly Main Line. At present, about 600 passenger trains pass through the station, serving more than 1 million passengers a day. Utilising its 22 operational platforms, the station handles a total of 252 Mail/Express trains and 500 suburban EMU (train), EMU trains daily; ten of the platforms are long enough to cater to tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howrah
Howrah (; ; alternatively spelled as Haora) is a city in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River, opposite to its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively Howrah lies within Howrah district and is the headquarters of the Howrah Sadar subdivision; it is also part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Howrah is an important industrial and transportation hub, and is also a gateway to Kolkata (and the rest of West Bengal) via Howrah railway station and Howrah Bridge. Etymology The name came from the word ''Haor''—Bengali language, Bengali word for a fluvial swampy lake, which is sedimentologically a depression where water, mud and organic debris accumulate. The word itself was rather used in eastern part of Bengal (now Bangladesh), as compared to the western part (now West Bengal). History The history of the city of Howrah dates back over 500 years, but th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vande Bharat (trainset)
The Vande Bharat trainset, formerly known as Train 18, is an Indian electric multiple unit chair car trainset for long-distance traffic designed and developed by Indian Railways at its Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. The train achieved a maximum speed of during its trial runs and has a maximum speed of in regular service. There are 8-car, 16-car and 20-car versions. History Dawn of EMUs The first electric multiple unit (EMU) technology in India was introduced in Mumbai as a Commuter rail, suburban railway service on 3 February 1925. With an increase in demand post-independence, India began to import EMUs from Europe and Japan, before it could manufacture indigenously. In the 1960s, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, BHEL, an Indian public sector giant started manufacturing electrical equipment for indigenous EMUs, which then started entering service in the same decade. During the same time, Integral Coach Factory of Chennai, a government-owned manufacturer of rail co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatanagar Junction Railway Station
Tatanagar Junction Railway Station, station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line of the Indian Railways. It has 6 platforms and handles around 100 trains each day. On 26th February 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually lay the foundation stone for the re-development of the station at cost of ₹335 Crores. History The Tatanagar railway station was built in the early twentieth century. Sakchi was identified as the ideal site for an envisaged steel plant in December 1907. In 1910, the village Kalimati which was near Sakchi got itself a railway station on BNR's Howrah–Bombay route. The railway became the lifeline of the steel plant established by the Tatas. The name of the railway station was later changed to Tatanagar in honour of its founder Jamsetji Tata. Tatanagar–Rourkela section was the second 25 kV AC electrified section of the country, the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandil Railway Station
Chandil Railway Station serves Chandil in Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad. The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol Asansol is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest city in West Bengal. It is the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India by population. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district. Accordi ..., on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891. The Chandil–Barkakana line was opened for traffic in 1927. Electrification The Purulia–Chakradharpur, Kandra–Gomharria, Sini–Adityapur, Adityapur–Tatanagar, Chakradharpur–Manoharpur and Manoharpur–Rourkela sections were electrified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotshila Junction Railway Station
Kotshila Junction railway station is a railway station of Adra railway division of the South Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serve the nearby area of Kotshila town in the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The -wide narrow-gauge Purulia–Ranchi line was opened by Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1907. The construction of the -long broad-gauge Chandrapura–Muri–Ranchi–Hatia line was started in 1957 and was completed in 1961. The construction of this line included the conversion of the narrow-gauge Kotshila–Ranchi line to broad gauge. The narrow gauge Purulia–Kotshila sector was converted to broad gauge in 1992. Electrification The Purulia–Kotshila sector was electrified in 1998–99. Facilities The major facilities available at Kotshila Junction station are waiting rooms, computerised reservation facility, drinking water, reservation counter and vehicle parking. The station also has toilets. Platforms There are 3 platforms and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranchi Junction Railway Station
Ranchi Junction railway station, station code RNC, is the NSG-2 category railway station serving the capital city of Ranchi in the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi station is also the headquarters of the Ranchi railway division, Ranchi division of the South Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The Ranchi Junction railway station is connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network. Ranchi has trains running to Delhi, Kolkata, Dhanbad, Varanasi, Rourkela, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Kamakhya Junction railway station, Kamakhya, Deoghar, Bhagalpur, Jammu, Surat, Ernakulam, Eranakulam and Patna. The city is a major railway hub and has four major stations: Ranchi Junction, , and . It is one of the top hundred booking stations. The total number of trains that pass through Ranchi (RNC) junction is 120. History In November 1907, Ranchi was brought onto India's railway map with the Purulia–Ranchi narrow-gauge lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muri Junction Railway Station
Muri Junction, station code MURI, is the railway station serving the remote town of Muri in the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Muri Junction belongs to the Ranchi division of the South Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. History The Purulia–Ranchi line was opened as a narrow-gauge railway of BNR in 1907. In 1927, Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the Chandil–Barkakana section to traffic. The construction of the -long Chandrapura–Muri–Ranchi–Hatia line started in 1957 and was completed in 1961. Further extension The railways have proposed a Silli–Iloo line bypassing Muri after construction of which trains from can run to and without locomotive reversal at Muri, thus avoiding a delay of more than 30 minutes for an engine change at Muri. Facilities The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purulia Junction Railway Station
Purulia railway station (station code:- PRR) serves Purulia City the headquarters of Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated at the eastern side of the city with railway owned colonies which is home for working staffs. The station is under NSG3 category. Purulia railway station is presently a three-way junction point having direct connection to Asansol/ Adra, Muri/ Bokaro/Ranchi and Tatanagar/Chakradharpur. 12828 Purulia–Howrah Superfast Express is the most important and oldest train of the whole region that connects to Kolkata. 12884 Purulia–Howrah Rupashi Bangla Express is another direct option running on the counter times of 12827/28.12801 Purushottam SF Express is the only daily link to New Delhi. 22605 Purulia–Villupuram Weekly Superfast Express is another important train connecting to Vellore that originates from here. 12152 Samarsata SF Express is the bi-weekly train to LTT-Mumbai. Totos (e-rickshaws) are available for local transport. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adra Junction Railway Station
Adra Junction railway station serves Adra town, and also serves the industrial towns of Raghunathpur and Kashipur in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of Purulia district. It also servers as the divisional headquarters of the Adra Division of the South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. Adra (ADRA) station is categorized as NSG 4 on the basis of yearly window sale. The station has also been declared as 'Model' as well as 'Adarsh' station. The station serves the Divisional Head Quarters. It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from four different directions meeting there and is the busiest station in the entire division handling a huge amount of passenger and freight train traffic in a day. Many important and long distance trains like Rajdhani, Duronto, NandanKanan, Vivek Express, Samarsatha Express etc. having stoppages at Adra and patronization of these trains are good. Trains * New Del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnapore Railway Station
Midnapore is an important railway station on the Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line in Kharagpur railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It mainly serves the Midnapore city in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Total 66 trains including express and passenger stop here. History In 1901, the Kharagpur–Midnapur Branch line was opened. The Midnapore–Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern Railway. History The opening of the ..., passing through Bankura District was opened in 1903–04. The Adra–Bheduasol sector was electrified in 1997–98 and the Bheduasol–Salboni sector in 1998–99. References External links * Railway stations in India opened in 1903 Railway stations in Paschim Medinipur district Kharagpur railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharagpur Junction Railway Station
Kharagpur Junction railway station (station code:- KGP) is a railway station in Kharagpur of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also the fourth longest railway station by platform length after Hubli Junction railway station, Gorakhpur Junction railway station and Kollam Junction railway station. It is an A-1 category station of Indian Railways. History Kharagpur Junction came up in 1898–99. On one side, Bengal Nagpur Railway's Kharagpur–Cuttack line was opened on New Year's Day in 1899. On the other hand, the opening of the bridge over the Rupnarayan River at Kolaghat, on 19 April 1900, connected with Kharagpur. Kharagpur was also linked with Sini, Jharkhand, Sini the same year. The line was ready in 1898–99. The Kharagpur–Midnapore branch line was opened to traffic in 1901. Infrastructure After , , and in Kerala, Kharagpur has the Railway platform#Longest, world's fourth-longest railway platform with a length of . Remodelling of Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
