Bihar Train News Before Chhath Puja, seats in all trains between Delhi and Patna are full. Now to overcome this problem, the railways have decided to run a special Vande Bharat train between Patna and Delhi. This train will cover the journey from Delhi to Patna in about 11 hours 35 minutes. There will be only seating arrangements in the train.
Bihar Train News: There is no room in all trains between Patna and Delhi during Deepawali and Chhath. In such a situation, the railways have tried to provide relief to the passengers trying to get tickets by issuing the schedule of a special Vande Bharat train between Patna and Delhi for the first time.
The train will cover the journey from Delhi to Patna in about 11 and a half hours. However, passengers will have to complete the journey from Delhi to Patna by sitting, because the train running as a special train will not be a sleeper Vande Bharat. Sleeper Vande Bharat is currently in the trial phase and it is expected that after the trial is completed, that train will be made regular in place of this special Vande Bharat.
The Railway Ministry has issued a letter to run the Delhi Patna Vande Bharat Express train as a special train as a trial, stopping at Ara and Buxar Junction under the railway division. The train will leave from Delhi on October 30 and November 1, 3 and 6 and from Patna to Delhi on 2, 4 and 7 after October 31. In between, the train has been given stoppage at Ara, Buxar, DDU, Prayagraj and Kanpur.
The distance will be covered in 11 hours 35 minutes, read the timings and stoppages
It will leave New Delhi at around 8:25 in the morning, stop at Kanpur, Prayagraj, DDU Buxar and reach Ara Junction at 7:10 in the evening and complete its journey in Patna at 8 in the evening. At the same time, it will leave Patna at 7:30 in the morning and reach Ara Junction at 8:7 in the morning and Delhi at 7 in the evening.
Railways has announced several special trains for those coming to Bihar including Ara during Diwali and Chhath. 283 festival special trains are being run from different routes to control the crowd in trains during Diwali-Chhath. Railway Ministry has announced to run special Vande Bharat trains to provide relief to those coming and going to Bihar including Ara.
How much is the fare
In Vande Bharat, the journey from Delhi to Patna may have to be done sitting, but the fare will be more than the fare of travelling sleeping in third AC in Tejas Express. The fare of SC chair car coach in Vande Bharat Special train is Rs 2575. Whereas for AC Executive Chair Car, you will have to pay Rs 4655 per ticket. This includes four breakfasts and food. In Tejas, you have to pay Rs 2485 for the third AC berth in the journey from Patna to Delhi.
