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{{Italic title}}{{short description|Mini Vande Bharat Express train route in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox rail service
| color = FF7220
| name = Tatanagar Junction – Patna Junction ''Vande Bharat Express''
| logo = Ministry of Railways India.svg
| logo_width =
| image =
| image_width = 300px
| image_alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| type = [[Vande Bharat Express]]
| locale = [[Jharkhand]] and [[Bihar]]
| first = {{start date|2024|09|15|df=y}} (Inaugural) {{start date and age|18 September 2024}} (Commercial)
| last =
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railways (SER)]]
| ridership =
| start = {{stnlnk|Tatanagar Junction}} '''(TATA)'''
| stops = 07
| end = {{stnlnk|Patna Junction}} '''(PNBE)'''
| distance = '''''(20893 / 20894 / 21895 / 21896)''''' - {{convert|451|km|0|abbr=on}} '''''(21893 / 21894)''''' - {{convert|642|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = '''''(20893 / 20894 / 21895 / 21896)''''' - 07 hrs 15 mins '''''(21893/21894)''''' - 10 hrs 25 mins
| frequency = Six days a week {{efn|Except Tuesdays}}
| trainnumber = 20893 / 20894 & 21895 / 21896 '''''(via Gomoh Jn)''''' 21893 / 21894 '''''(via Barkakana Jn & Son Nagar Jn)'''''
| line_used = *[[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line|Tatanagar–Asansol line (till Chandil Jn)]]
*[[Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line|Chandil–Muri line]]
*[[Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line|Ranchi–Netaji S.C.Gomoh line]]
*[[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line|Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line (till Gaya Jn)]]
*[[Patna–Gaya line|Gaya–Patna line]]
| class = AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car
| seating = {{Hlist|Airline style|Rotatable seats}}
| sleeping = No
| autorack =
| catering = On board Catering
| observation = Large windows in all coaches
| entertainment = {{Hlist|[[Wi-Fi|On-board WiFi]]|Infotainment System|[[AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types#Indian IS 1293|Electric outlets]]|Reading light|Seat Pockets|Bottle Holder|Tray Table}}
| baggage = Overhead racks
| otherfacilities = [[Kavach (train protection system)|Kavach]]
| stock = [[Vande Bharat (trainset)#Second generation|Mini Vande Bharat 2.0]]
| gauge = [[5 ft 6 in gauge railway|Indian gauge]] {{track gauge|1676mm|allk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| el =
| speed = {{cvt|62|km/h|0|abbr=on}} (Avg.)
| trainlength = {{convert|192|m|ft}} (08 coaches)
| owners = [[Indian Railways]]
| maintenance = [[South Eastern Railway zone|Tatanagar Jn (TATA)]]
| map = {{Tatanagar – Patna VB Express Route|inline=y}}
| map_state = collapsed
| electrification = [[25 kV 50 Hz AC]] Overhead line
}}
The '''Tatanagar - Patna ''Vande Bharat Express''''' is India's 56th [[Vande Bharat Express|Vande Bharat Express train]], connecting the industrial city of [[Jamshedpur]] in [[Jharkhand]] with the metropolitan capital city of [[Patna]] in [[Bihar]]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-15 |title=Bihar welcomes four more Vande Bharat Express trains, routes include Patna-Tatanagar and Bhagalpur-Howrah – Check list |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/railways-bihar-welcomes-four-more-vande-bharat-express-trains-routes-include-patna-tatanagar-and-bhagalpur-howrah-check-list-3611485/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

This express train was inaugurated on September 15 2024, by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] via [[Videotelephony|video conferencing]] from the capital city of [[Ranchi]] instead of physically inaugurating at [[Tatanagar Junction railway station|Tatanagar Junction]] in [[Jharkhand]] due to continuous rains in Jamshedpur.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Athrady |first=Ajith |title=PM Modi flags off six Vande Bharat Express trains in poll-bound Jharkhand |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/jharkhand/pm-modi-flags-off-six-vande-bharat-express-trains-in-poll-bound-jharkhand-3191585 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 September 2024 |title=PM's Jamshedpur Visit Canceled Due to Rain, Will Inaugurate Online from Ranchi |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/jamshedpur/story-pm-s-visit-to-jamshedpur-canceled-due-to-heavy-rain-online-inauguration-planned-201726376249295.html |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Live Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-15 |title=PM Modi flags off six Vande Bharat trains at Jharkhand's Tatanagar |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/pm-modi-flags-off-six-vande-bharat-trains-at-jharkhands-tatanagar/articleshow/113361896.cms?UTM_Source=Google_Newsstand&UTM_Campaign=RSS_Feed&UTM_Medium=Referral |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DHNS |title=PM Modi to flag off six Vande Bharat Express trains in poll-bound Jharkhand |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/jharkhand/pm-modi-to-flag-off-six-vande-bharat-express-trains-in-poll-bound-jharkhand-3191357 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-15 |title=PM Modi to flag off six new Vande Bharat Express trains during Jharkhand visit today – Full list of routes here |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/railways-pm-modi-to-flag-off-six-new-vande-bharat-express-trains-during-jharkhand-visit-today-full-list-of-routes-here-3611206/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Town |date=2024-09-11 |title=Vande Bharat Express to Connect Tatanagar and Patna |url=https://townpost.in/2024/09/11/vande-bharat-express-to-connect-tatanagar-and-patna-2/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Town Post |language=en-US |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913034819/https://townpost.in/2024/09/11/vande-bharat-express-to-connect-tatanagar-and-patna-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Ankita |date=2024-09-12 |title=Jamshedpur Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Vande Bharat trains on 11 routes, including Tata-Patna, on September 15 through remote. |url=https://anytvnews.com/latest-news/jamshedpur-prime-minister-narendra-modi-will-flag-off-vande-bharat-trains-on-11-routes-including-tata-patna-on-september-15-through-remote/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=AnyTV News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Story |first=Jharkhand |date=2024-09-12 |title=Jharkhand News: SE Railway notifies PM to flag off six new Vande Bharat Express trains from Tatanagar on Sept 15 |url=https://thejharkhandstory.co.in/jharkhand-news-se-railway-notifies-pm-to-flag-off-six-new-vande-bharat-express-trains-from-tatanagar-on-sept-15/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Jharkhand Story |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Town |date=2024-09-12 |title=Tatanagar Station Awaits PM Modi to Flag Off 6 Vande Bharat Trains |url=https://townpost.in/2024/09/12/tatanagar-station-awaits-pm-modi-to-flag-off-6-vande-bharat-trains/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Town Post |language=en-US |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913032715/https://townpost.in/2024/09/12/tatanagar-station-awaits-pm-modi-to-flag-off-6-vande-bharat-trains/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Overview ==
This train is currently operated by [[Indian Railways]], connecting [[Tatanagar Junction railway station|Tatanagar Jn]] and [[Patna Junction railway station|Patna Jn]] via '''2 routes''' of services. <ref>{{Cite web |title=गया-हावड़ा, पटना-टाटा और वाराणसी-देवघर के बीच चलेंगी नई वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनें, 15 सितंबर को शुभारंभ - New Vande Bharat Express trains will run between Gaya Howrah Patna Tata and Varanasi Deoghar |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/gaya-new-vande-bharat-express-trains-will-run-between-gaya-howrah-patna-tata-and-varanasi-deoghar-23795319.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> It currently operates with 3 sets of train numbers on 6 days a week basis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aniket |title=20893/Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express (via Gomoh) - Tatanagar to Patna SER/South Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/tatanagar-patna-vande-bharat-express-via-gomoh-20893/235500/168/332 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>

=== Routes ===
This express train runs through [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn]] on all 5 days except '''Sundays''' and '''Tuesdays''', while the other express train runs through [[Barkakana Junction railway station|'''Barkakana Jn''']] and [[Son Nagar Junction railway station|'''Son Nagar Jn''']] only on '''Sundays & Mondays'''. The route details are given below:-

{| class="wikitable" width="65%" style="text-align: center; font-size: 83%;"
! colspan="11" |Route 1 - via '''[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|NSCB Gomoh Jn]]''' & '''[[Bokaro Steel City railway station|BKSC Station]]'''
! rowspan="13" |
! colspan="5" |Route 2 - via [[Barkakana Junction railway station|Barkakana Jn]] & [[Son Nagar Junction railway station|Son Nagar Jn]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Train No. 20893
! rowspan="3" |Stations <ref>{{Cite web |last=Aniket |title=20893/Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express (via Gomoh) - Tatanagar to Patna SER/South Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/235500 |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Train No. 20894
! rowspan="12" |
! colspan="2" |Train No. 21895
! rowspan="3" |Stations <ref>{{Cite web |last=Aniket |title=21895/Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express (via Gomoh) - Tatanagar to Patna SER/South Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/235652 |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Train No. 21896
! colspan="2" |Train No. 21893
! rowspan="3" |Stations <ref>{{Cite web |last=Aniket |title=21893/Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express (via Barkakana) - Tatanagar to Patna SER/South Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/4419 |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Train No. 21894
|-
! colspan="2" |Wed, Thur, Fri & Sat
! colspan="2" |Wed, Thur, Fri & Sat
! colspan="2" |Only Mondays
! colspan="2" |Only Sundays
! colspan="2" |Only Sundays
! colspan="2" |Only Mondays
|-
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
|-
|'''---'''
|'''05:30'''
|[[Tatanagar Junction railway station|'''Tatanagar Junction''']]
|'''21:30'''
|'''---'''
|'''---'''
|'''05:30'''
|[[Tatanagar Junction railway station|'''Tatanagar Junction''']]
|'''23:55'''
|'''---'''
|'''---'''
|'''05:30'''
|[[Tatanagar Junction railway station|'''Tatanagar Junction''']]
|'''23:55'''
|'''---'''
|-
|06:00
|06:02
|[[Chandil railway station|Chandil Junction]]
|20:23
|20:25
|06:10
|06:12
|[[Chandil railway station|Chandil Junction]]
|22:58
|23:00
|06:10
|06:12
|[[Chandil railway station|Chandil Junction]]
|22:53
|22:55
|-
|07:13
|07:15
|[[Muri Junction railway station|Muri Junction]]
|19:23
|19:25
|07:13
|07:15
|[[Muri Junction railway station|Muri Junction]]
|21:58
|22:00
|07:13
|07:15
|[[Muri Junction railway station|Muri Junction]]
|21:50
|21:52
|-
|08:08
|08:10
|[[Bokaro Steel City railway station|Bokaro Steel City]]
|18:45
|18:47
|08:08
|08:10
|[[Bokaro Steel City railway station|Bokaro Steel City]]
|21:15
|21:17
|08:30
|08:35
|[[Barkakana Junction railway station|'''Barkakana Junction''']]
|20:50
|20:55
|-
|08:53
|08:55
|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|'''Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn''']]
|17:58
|18:00
|08:50
|08:55
|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|'''Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn''']]
|20:22
|20:27
|10:42
|10:44
|[[Daltonganj railway station|DaltonGanj]]
|18:03
|18:05
|-
|09:05
|09:07
|[[Parasnath railway station|Parasnath]]
|17:43
|17:45
|09:05
|09:07
|[[Parasnath railway station|Parasnath]]
|20:05
|20:07
|11:50
|11:52
|[[Garwa Road Junction railway station|Garhwa Road Junction]]
|17:35
|17:40
|-
|09:53
|09:55
|[[Koderma Junction railway station|Koderma Junction]]
|16:38
|16:40
|09:53
|09:55
|[[Koderma Junction railway station|Koderma Junction]]
|19:22
|19:24
|13:10
|13:20
|'''[[Son Nagar Junction railway station|Son Nagar Junction]]''' ''(Reversal)''
|15:55
|16:05
|-
|11:05
|11:10
|[[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya Junction]] ''(Reversal)''
|15:30
|15:35
|11:05
|11:10
|[[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya Junction]] ''(Reversal)''
|18:05
|18:15
|14:30
|14:35
|[[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya Junction]]
|14:40
|14:45
|-
|'''12:45'''
|'''---'''
|[[Patna Junction railway station|'''Patna Junction''']]
|'''---'''
|'''14:15'''
|'''12:45'''
|'''---'''
|[[Patna Junction railway station|'''Patna Junction''']]
|'''---'''
|'''16:45'''
|'''15:55'''
|'''---'''
|[[Patna Junction railway station|'''Patna Junction''']]
|'''---'''
|'''13:20'''
|}

==Rakes==
It is the fifty-third [[Vande Bharat (trainset)#Second generation|2nd Generation]] and thirty-seventh [[Vande Bharat (trainset)#Second generation|'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/train-18-indias-fastest-named-vande-bharat-express-piyush-goyal-1983965 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

== Service ==
The Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express currently operates '''6 days''' a week, with the following running days along with their average speeds:-
{| class="wikitable"
!Train no.
!Days of Service
!Distance
!Average Speed
!Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS)
|-
|20893/20984
|Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat
|{{Convert|451|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| rowspan="3" |{{center|{{convert|62|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}}}
| rowspan="3" |{{center|{{convert|130|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}}}
|-
|21893/21894
|21893 - Sundays 21894 - Mondays
|{{Convert|642|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|-
|21895/21896
|21895 - Mondays 21896 - Sundays
|{{Convert|451|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|}
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== See also ==

* [[Vande Bharat Express]]
* [[Tejas Express]]
* [[Gatiman Express]]
* [[Tatanagar Junction railway station]]
* [[Patna Junction railway station]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Vande Bharat Express}}

[[Category:Vande Bharat Express trains]]
[[Category:Named passenger trains of India]]
[[Category:Higher-speed rail]]
[[Category:Express trains in India]]
[[Category:Electric multiple units of India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Transport in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Bihar]]
[[Category:Transport in Bihar]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Patna]]
[[Category:Transport in Patna]]

Tatanagar–Patna Vande Bharat Express - Revision history

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