July 11, 2023.
ISN Bureau, Durgapur : Vande Bharat Express will run through the industrial belt of Durgapur, Asansol and Dhanbad. Indian Railways is going to announce the news very soon. After a 2 month long discussion, it has been finalized that an exclusive edition of India’s semi high speed train series Vande Bharat Express will ply between Howrah and Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi every day.
According to the Ministry of Railways, if everything goes well, the Ranchi Howrah Vande Bharat Express will be launched before Durga Puja, this year. However, the schedule of the train has not been finalized yet. According to Railway Ministry sources, it is proposed that the Vande Bharat train from Ranchi will depart at 5:20 am and reach Howrah at 11:55 am. And the same train will return Jharkand’s capital departing Howrah at 3:30pm and reach Ranchi at 10:10 pm. Sources reported that a one-way journey between Howrah and Ranchi will take just 6 hours and 35 minutes as compared to the Howrah Ranchi Shatabdi Express which has a travel time of 7 hours and 10 minutes.
After centuries, the state-of-the-art the High Speed Vande Bharat is surely to bring happy tidings to the passengers on this route. It is believed that this train will have a halt at Durgapur, Asansol, and Dhanbad, though, the same is awaiting a green signal from the ministry.
Analysts opine that the commuting system connecting the capitals of the two states will get boosted manifolds if the Howrah-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express is introduced. It will be a hassle-free, and faster journey for people who are going from Ranchi to Kolkata for business, work or schooling. As soon as this news of Indian Railways came to light, there was an air of exuberance among the railway passengers of Durgapur and Asansol.
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