The 20871/20872 Howrah - Rourkela ''Vande Bharat Express'' is India's 58th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the metropolitan and twin city of

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with the smart city of

Rourkela Rourkela () is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about west of the state capital Bhubaneswar and is ...

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. This express train was inaugurated on September 15, 2024, by Prime Minister

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via

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from the capital city of

Ranchi Ranchi (; ) is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern ...

instead of physically inaugurating at Tatanagar Junction in

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due to continuous rains in Jamshedpur.

Overview

This train is currently operated by

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, connecting Howrah Jn, Kharagpur Jn, Tatanagar Jn,

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and Rourkela Jn. It currently operates with train numbers 20871/20872 on 6 days a week basis.

Rakes

It is the fifty-fifth 2nd Generation and thirty-ninth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the

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under the

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Initiative.

Service

The 20871/20872 Howrah - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of in a travel time of 05 hrs 50 mins with average speed of 71 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) will be confirmed after commercial run.

References

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