The Vande Bharat Express train, running between Ranchi and Varanasi, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday via video conferencing. The train will be flagged off from Ranchi station at 8:00 AM by Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan and MP Sanjay Seth. This will be the third Vande Bharat train...
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to operate from the Ranchi railway division. The train departs Ranchi at 5:10 AM and reaches Varanasi at 1:00 PM. It leaves Varanasi at 4:05 PM and arrives in Ranchi at 11:55 PM. The eight-coach train has 530 seats and will complete the journey in 7 hours and 50 minutes. It will operate six days a week. The train's regular operations schedule is not yet confirmed by the railway headquarters. Meanwhile, a successful trial run of the Vande Bharat train from Ranchi to Bokaro was conducted. The ticket prices for the Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat train are as follows: Chair car with catering: ₹1505, Chair car without catering: ₹1160, Executive class with catering: ₹2725, Executive class without catering: ₹2335. For the Varanasi-Ranchi Vande Bharat, the ticket prices are: Executive class with catering: ₹2675, Executive class without catering: ₹2325, Chair car with catering: ₹1450, Chair car without catering: ₹1160.