Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating 10 Vande Bharat Express trains on September 15th, 2023, from Tatanagar Station. This includes the Tata-Patna and Gaya-Howrah Vande Bharat Express trains, with the latter passing through Koderma. The Gaya-Howrah Vande Bharat is the first of its kind on this route and will bring...
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the first Vande Bharat train to Dhanbad. The Tata-Patna Vande Bharat Express will undergo a trial run on September 10th, and is scheduled to start running regularly from September 16th. The train will run eight coaches and will cover the 450 km journey in 7 hours and 15 minutes. It will have stops at Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (Gomo), Parasnath, Koderma, and Gaya. The train number for the Tata-Patna Vande Bharat is 20893, and 20894 for the return journey. The train will run at an average speed of 62 km/h, reaching up to 130 km/h between Gomo and Koderma, and Gaya.

Starting September 2nd, the Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express will make a two-minute stop at Parasnath station in the Dhanbad Rail Division. This decision was made to improve passenger convenience. The train currently travels via Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Koderma, Gaya, Sasaram, Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Station, and Varanasi. With the new stop,...
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the train will halt at Parasnath after Bokaro Steel City. Train No. 20887 (Ranchi to Varanasi) will arrive at Parasnath at 7:55 AM and depart at 7:57 AM. Train No. 20888 (Varanasi to Ranchi) will reach Parasnath at 8:50 PM and leave at 8:52 PM.

Kamal Jain Vinayaka, a resident of Hazaribagh, has written a letter to the Ministry of Railways requesting the operation of the Vande Bharat Express train (number 20887/88) from Varanasi to Ranchi via Hazaribagh for three days a week. Currently, this train travels daily from Varanasi to Ranchi via Gaya, offering no...
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benefit to the people of Hazaribagh. He believes that making the train stop at Hazaribagh for three days would allow approximately 50 lakh people to visit the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. Currently, the residents of Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, and Barkakana lack train connectivity for visiting Varanasi. As the government is trying to connect major pilgrimage sites by rail, running this train via Hazaribagh for three days a week would benefit around 50 lakh people in the region by allowing them to visit the holy city of Varanasi.

Starting September 2nd, the 20887/20888 Ranchi-Varanasi-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express will make a two-minute stop at Parasnath station for passenger convenience. This train runs between Ranchi and Varanasi via Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Koderma, Gaya, Sasaram, and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay. The Ranchi-Varanasi train will arrive at Parasnath at 7:55 AM and...
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depart at 7:57 AM, while the Varanasi-Ranchi train will arrive at 8:50 PM and depart at 8:52 PM.

Kamal Jain Vinayaka from Hazaribagh has requested the Ministry of Railways to operate the Vande Bharat Express (20887/88) three days a week via Hazaribagh station. He argues that the train currently runs daily from Varanasi to Ranchi via Gaya, offering no benefit to the Hazaribagh region. Operating the train through Hazaribagh...
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three days a week would allow approximately 50 lakh people to visit the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. Currently, residents of Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, and Barkakana lack train connectivity to Varanasi for pilgrimage purposes. The government aims to connect all major pilgrimage sites through railways. Operating the train through Hazaribagh three days a week would benefit approximately 50 lakh people by enabling them to visit the holy city of Varanasi.