# Tatanagar–Patna Vande Bharat Express

The Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express is India's 56th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the industrial city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand with the metropolitan capital city of Patna 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 Tatanagar Jn and Patna Jn via 2 routes of services. It currently operates with 3 sets of train numbers on 6 days a week basis.

### Routes

This express train runs through Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn on all 5 days except Sundays and Tuesdays, while the other express train runs through Barkakana Jn and Son Nagar Jn only on Sundays & Mondays. The route details are given below:-
| Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 1 - via NSCB Gomoh Jn & BKSC Station | Route 2 - via Barkakana Jn & Son Nagar Jn | Route 2 - via Barkakana Jn & Son Nagar Jn | Route 2 - via Barkakana Jn & Son Nagar Jn | Route 2 - via Barkakana Jn & Son Nagar Jn | Route 2 - via Barkakana Jn & Son Nagar Jn |
| Train No. 20893 | Train No. 20893 | Stations | Train No. 20894 | Train No. 20894 | Train No. 21895 | Train No. 21895 | Stations | Train No. 21896 | Train No. 21896 | Train No. 21893 | Train No. 21893 | Stations | Train No. 21894 | Train No. 21894 |
| Wed, Thur, Fri & Sat | Wed, Thur, Fri & Sat | Stations | Wed, Thur, Fri & Sat | Wed, Thur, Fri & Sat | Only Mondays | Only Mondays | Stations | Only Sundays | Only Sundays | Only Sundays | Only Sundays | Stations | Only Mondays | Only Mondays |
| Arrival | Departure | Stations | Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | Stations | Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | Stations | Arrival | Departure |
| --- | 05:30 | Tatanagar Junction | 21:30 | --- | --- | 05:30 | Tatanagar Junction | 23:55 | --- | --- | 05:30 | Tatanagar Junction | 23:55 | --- |
| 06:00 | 06:02 | Chandil Junction | 20:23 | 20:25 | 06:10 | 06:12 | Chandil Junction | 22:58 | 23:00 | 06:10 | 06:12 | Chandil Junction | 22:53 | 22:55 |
| 07:13 | 07:15 | Muri Junction | 19:23 | 19:25 | 07:13 | 07:15 | Muri Junction | 21:58 | 22:00 | 07:13 | 07:15 | Muri Junction | 21:50 | 21:52 |
| 08:08 | 08:10 | Bokaro Steel City | 18:45 | 18:47 | 08:08 | 08:10 | Bokaro Steel City | 21:15 | 21:17 | 08:30 | 08:35 | Barkakana Junction | 20:50 | 20:55 |
| 08:53 | 08:55 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn | 17:58 | 18:00 | 08:50 | 08:55 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh Jn | 20:22 | 20:27 | 10:42 | 10:44 | DaltonGanj | 18:03 | 18:05 |
| 09:05 | 09:07 | Parasnath | 17:43 | 17:45 | 09:05 | 09:07 | Parasnath | 20:05 | 20:07 | 11:50 | 11:52 | Garhwa Road Junction | 17:35 | 17:40 |
| 09:53 | 09:55 | Koderma Junction | 16:38 | 16:40 | 09:53 | 09:55 | Koderma Junction | 19:22 | 19:24 | 13:10 | 13:20 | Son Nagar Junction (Reversal) | 15:55 | 16:05 |
| 11:05 | 11:10 | Gaya Junction (Reversal) | 15:30 | 15:35 | 11:05 | 11:10 | Gaya Junction (Reversal) | 18:05 | 18:15 | 14:30 | 14:35 | Gaya Junction | 14:40 | 14:45 |
| 12:45 | --- | Patna Junction | --- | 14:15 | 12:45 | --- | Patna Junction | --- | 16:45 | 15:55 | --- | Patna Junction | --- | 13:20 |

## Rakes

It is the fifty-third 2nd Generation and thirty-seventh 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 Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, with the following running days along with their average speeds:-
| Train no. | Days of Service | Distance | Average Speed | Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) |
| 20893/20984 | Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat | 451 km (280 mi) | 62 km/h (39 mph) | 130 km/h (81 mph) |
| 21893/21894 | 21893 - Sundays 21894 - Mondays | 642 km (399 mi) | 62 km/h (39 mph) | 130 km/h (81 mph) |
| 21895/21896 | 21895 - Mondays 21896 - Sundays | 451 km (280 mi) | 62 km/h (39 mph) | 130 km/h (81 mph) |
* ↑ Except Tuesdays