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Howrah Junction – Bhagalpur Junction Vande Bharat Express
Overview
Service type	Vande Bharat Express
Locale	West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar
First service	15 September 2024 (15 September 2024) (Inaugural) 17 September 2024; 3 months ago (17 September 2024) (Commercial)
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railways (ER)
Route
Termini	Howrah Junction (HWH) Bhagalpur Junction (BGP)
Stops	07
Distance travelled	386 km (240 mi)
Average journey time	06 hrs 20 mins
Service frequency	Six days a week
Train number(s)	22309 / 22310
Line(s) used	Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line (till Rampurhat Jn.) Rampurhat–Dumka–Jasidih line (till Dumka) Dumka–Bhagalpur line
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Airline style Rotatable seats
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	On board Catering
Observation facilities	Large windows in all coaches
Entertainment facilities	On-board WiFi Infotainment System Electric outlets Reading light Seat Pockets Bottle Holder Tray Table
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Other facilities	Kavach
Technical
Rolling stock	Mini Vande Bharat 2.0
Track gauge	Indian gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	61 km/h (38 mph) (Avg.)
Average length	192 metres (630 ft) (08 coaches)
Track owner(s)	Indian Railways
Rake maintenance	Howrah Jn (HWH)
Route map Legend 22309 ↓ Howrah Junction Bolpur Shantiniketan Rampurhat Junction West Bengal Jharkhand border Dumka Nonihat Bhaturia Hansdiha Jharkhand Bihar border Mandar Hill Barahat Junction 22310 ↑ Bhagalpur Junction

The 22309/22310 Howrah - Bhagalpur Vande Bharat Express is India's 60th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the metropolitan capital city of Kolkata in West Bengal with the Silk City Bhagalpur in Bihar.

This express train was inaugurated on September 15 2024, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from the capital city of Ranchi instead of physically inaugurating at Tatanagar Junction in Jharkhand due to continuous rains in Jamshedpur.

Overview

This train is currently operated by Indian Railways, connecting Howrah Jn, Bolpur Shantiniketan, Rampurhat Jn, Dumka, Nonihat Bhaturia, Hansdiha, Mandar Hill, Barahat Junction and Bhagalpur Jn. It currently operates with train numbers 22309/22310 on 6 days a week basis.

Rakes

It is the fifty-seventh 2nd Generation and fortieth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.

Service

The 22309/22310 Howrah - Bhagalpur Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 386 km (240 mi) in a travel time of 06 hrs 20 mins with average speed of 61 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) will be confirmed after commercial run.

1. Except Fridays

See also

• Vande Bharat Express
• Tejas Express
• Gatiman Express
• Howrah Junction railway station
• Bhagalpur Junction railway station

References

1. "Bihar welcomes four more Vande Bharat Express trains, routes include Patna-Tatanagar and Bhagalpur-Howrah – Check list". Financialexpress. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
2. "10 Vande Bharat Express likely to be flagged off on Sept 15 | Check routes". News9live. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
3. Athrady, Ajith. "PM Modi flags off six Vande Bharat Express trains in poll-bound Jharkhand". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
4. "PM's Jamshedpur Visit Canceled Due to Rain, Will Inaugurate Online from Ranchi". Live Hindustan (in Hindi). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
5. "PM Modi flags off six Vande Bharat trains at Jharkhand's Tatanagar". The Economic Times. 15 September 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
6. DHNS. "PM Modi to flag off six Vande Bharat Express trains in poll-bound Jharkhand". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
7. "PM Modi to flag off six new Vande Bharat Express trains during Jharkhand visit today – Full list of routes here". Financialexpress. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
8. "Bhagalpur Howrah Vande Bharat: कहां-कहां रुकेगी भागलपुर-हावड़ा वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस, रूट और टाइम-टेबल भी जानिए - Bhagalpur Howrah Vande Bharat Express Stoppage route and time table know everything". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
9. "Vande Bharat Express: केवल 6 घंटे धैर्य रखिए! आप पहुंच जाएंगे भागलपुर से हावड़ा". Zee News (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
10. Post, Town (12 September 2024). "Vande Bharat Express Launch to Connect Howrah and Bhagalpur". Town Post. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
11. Aniket. "22309/Howrah - Bhagalpur Vande Bharat Express - Howrah to Bhagalpur ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
12. "Bhagalpur-Howrah Vande Bharat Train: Travel To Kolkata In Just 7 Hrs as Indian Railways Announce New Train; Check Route, Timing". www.india.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
13. Bharat, E. T. V. (13 September 2024). "पहली बार भागलपुर से दौड़ेगी वंदे भारत ट्रेन, थोड़ी देर में ट्रायल रन, जानें टाइमिंग और रूट - Bhagalpur Howrah Vande Bharat". ETV Bharat News (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
14. "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

v t e Vande Bharat Express
Central Railway	Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon☆ Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru☆ SCSMT Kolhapur ⇔ Pune Jn.☆ Nagpur Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.★
East Central Railway	Patna Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆ Patna Jn. ⇔ Ranchi Jn.☆ Patna Jn. ⇔ Gomti Nagar (Lucknow)☆
East Coast Railway	Visakhapatnam Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn. Puri ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Bhubaneswar ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ New Jalpaiguri Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Gaya Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Bhagalpur Jn.☆
North Central Railway	Agra Cantonment ⇔ Banaras☆
North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Prayagraj (Allahabad) Jn☆ Lucknow Jn ⇔ Dehradun Terminal☆
Northeast Frontier Railway	New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Guwahati☆ New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
Northern Railway	Amritsar Jn. ⇔ Delhi Jn.☆ Anand Vihar Terminal ⇔ Ayodhya Cantonment Jn.☆ New Delhi ⇔ Amb Andaura Dehradun ⇔ Anand Vihar Terminal☆ New Delhi ⇔ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra New Delhi ⇔ Varanasi Jn.★ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ New Delhi★ SMVD Katra ⇔ New Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin ⇔ Khajuraho Jn.☆ Meerut City Jn. ⇔ Lucknow Charbagh☆ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ Deoghar Jn.☆
North Western Railway	Ajmer Jn. ⇔ Chandigarh Jn. Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad)☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn.☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Agra Cantonment☆
South Central Railway	Jalna ⇔ Mumbai CSMT☆ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Tirupati Kacheguda ⇔ Yesvantpur Jn.☆ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
South East Central Railway	Bilaspur Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆ Durg Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.
South Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ Puri Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆ Howrah Jn. ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Brahmapur☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
South Western Railway	KSR Bengaluru ⇔ Dharwad☆ Mysuru Jn. ⇔ MGR Chennai Central☆ SSS Hubballi Jn. ⇔ Pune Jn.☆
Southern Railway	Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn.☆ Coimbatore Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment☆ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Alappuzha)☆ Kasaragod ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Kottayam) Mangaluru Central ⇔ Madgaon Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Coimbatore Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Mysuru Jn. MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Vijayawada Jn.☆ Chennai Egmore ⇔ Nagercoil Jn. Madurai Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment☆
West Central Railway	Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa☆
Western Railway	Mumbai Central ⇔ Gandhinagar Capital Indore Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆ Ahmedabad ⇔ Okha☆ Ahmedabad Jn. ⇔ Mumbai Central
☆ indicates 8 coach trainset | Standard: 16 coach trainset | ★ indicates 20 coach trainset

• Vande Bharat Express trains
• Named passenger trains of India
• Higher-speed rail
• Express trains in India
• Electric multiple units of India
• Transport in West Bengal
• Rail transport in Howrah
• Rail transport in Bihar
• Transport in Bihar
• Transport in Bhagalpur