Puri–Rourkela Vande Bharat Express
Mini Vande Bharat Express train route in India
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The 20836/20835 Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express is India's 32nd Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Puri and terminating at Rourkela city in Odisha. This train was inaugurated on 24 September 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from New Delhi. [1][2]
Overview
This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Puri, Khurda Road Jn, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack Jn, Dhenkanal, Talcher Road, Angul, Rairakhol, Sambalpur City, Jharsuguda Jn and Rourkela Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 20836/20835 on 6 days a week basis. [3][4]
Rakes
It is the thirtieth 2nd Generation and eighteenth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train[broken anchor] which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.[5]
Service
The 20836/20835 Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 506 km (314 mi) in a travel time of 7hrs 45mins with an average speed of 65 km/h (40 mph). The Maximum Permissible Speed is 130 km/h (81 mph).
See also
- Vande Bharat Express
- Tejas Express
- Gatimaan Express
- Puri railway station
- Rourkela Junction railway station
Notes
- ^ Except Saturdays
References
- ^ "Vande Bharat express between Puri- Rourkela soon". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Puri Second Vande Bharat Will Connect These Cities". The Mithila Times. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Odisha: Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express by Sept 30; check trial run schedule". 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Vande Bharat Express Between Puri- Rourkela Likely By September 30 | Check Route, Fare And Other Details Here". www.india.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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Vande Bharat Express 
- Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon^
- Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi
- Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur
- Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru^
- Patna Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.^
- Patna Jn. ⇔ Ranchi Jn.^
- Patna Jn. ⇔ Gomti Nagar (Lucknow)^
- Visakhapatnam Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.
- Puri ⇔ Rourkela Jn.^
- Bhubaneswar ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.^
- Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Prayagraj (Allahabad) Jn^
- Lucknow Jn ⇔ Dehradun Terminal^
- Amritsar Jn. ⇔ Delhi Jn.^
- Anand Vihar Terminal ⇔ Ayodhya Cantonment Jn.^
- New Delhi ⇔ Amb Andaura
- Dehradun ⇔ Anand Vihar Terminal^
- New Delhi ⇔ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
- New Delhi ⇔ Varanasi Jn.
- Varanasi Jn. ⇔ New Delhi
- SMVD Katra ⇔ New Delhi
- Hazrat Nizamuddin ⇔ Khajuraho Jn.^
- Meerut City Jn. ⇔ Lucknow Charbagh^
- Ajmer Jn. ⇔ Chandigarh Jn.^
- Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad)^
- Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn.^
- Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn.^
- Coimbatore Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment^
- Mangaluru Central ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Alappuzha)^
- Kasaragod ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central (via Kottayam)
- Mangaluru Central ⇔ Madgaon Jn.^
- MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Coimbatore Jn.^
- MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Mysuru Jn.
- MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Vijayawada Jn.^
- Chennai Egmore ⇔ Nagercoil Jn.
- Madurai Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment^
- Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin
- Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa^
^ indicates 8 coach trainset (standard: 16 coach trainset)
