The 20898/20897 Ranchi - Howrah Vande Bharat Express is India's 31st Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the 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 ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

with

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 ...

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. This train was inaugurated on 24 September 2023 by Prime Minister

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via

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from

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. The route of Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat train has been diverted. According to the information, now this train will go to

and come via

Kharagpur Kharagpur () is a semi- planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district. It is located 1 ...

Midnapore Medinipur or Midnapore is a city known for its history in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the West Medinipur district. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as ''Kasai'' and ''Cossye''). ...

, Adra,

Purulia Purulia, officially Purulia Sadar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purulia district. It is located on the north of the Kangsabati River. Geography Location Purulia is locate ...

, 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

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, 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

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under the

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Initiative. This rake was converted from Blue-White livery to Saffron-Grey livery due to attraction of passengers and better services in terms of more advanced features that were incorporated in the new trainset. This became operational from July 12 2024.

Service

The 20898/20897 Ranchi - Howrah Vande Bharat Express operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of in a travel time of 7 hrs 5 mins with an average speed of . The Maximum Permissible Speed is .

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{{Vande Bharat Express Vande Bharat Express trains Named passenger trains of India Higher-speed rail Express trains in India Electric multiple units of India Rail transport in Jharkhand Rail transport in Howrah Transport in Ranchi

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