PM flags off Patliputra-Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express

Patna: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
on Friday flagged off a new Vande Bharat Express through video conferencing from Siwan, connecting Patliputra Junction in Patna to Gorakhpur Junction in Uttar Pradesh.
The Vande Bharat Express (26501/26502) departed on its maiden journey from Patliputra Junction at 1.07pm. The new train is expected to cover the 384 km route in seven hours. The train will operate six days a week, excluding Saturdays, said ECR's chief public relations officer (CPRO) Saraswati Chandra.
To mark the occasion, students from Kendriya Vidyalayas and railway schools of Khagaul were given complimentary rides by the railways, he said.
Among others present at the Patliputra Junction for the flag-off ceremony included former Union minister and Patna Sahib MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, former Patliputra MP Ram Kirpal Yadav, Bihar assembly speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, state road construction department minister Nitin Nabin, MLC Anamika Singh and several other senior railway officials, the CPRO said.
According to Danapur divisional railway manager (DRM) Jayant Kumar Choudhary, the new Vande Bharat Express has the load composition of eight coaches with a total seating capacity of 1,130, offering both executive class (EC) and chair car (CC) options.
The CPRO said the railways has fixed the EC fare from Gorakhpur to Kaptanganj (Rs 715), Gorakhpur to Bagaha (Rs 910), Gorakhpur to Narkatiaganj (Rs 1025), Gorakhpur to Bettiah (Rs 1170), Gorakhpur to Sagauli (Rs 1240), Gorakhpur to Bapudham Motihari (Rs 1310), Gorakhpur to Muzaffarpur (Rs 1565), Gorakhpur to Hajipur (Rs 1755) and Gorakhpur to Patliputra (Rs 1820).
Similarly, in the CC the railways has fixed the fare from Gorakhpur to Kaptanganj Rs 380, Gorakhpur to Bagaha (Rs 470), Gorakhpur to Narkatiaganj (Rs 530), Gorakhpur to Bettiah (Rs 600), Gorakhpur to Sagauli (Rs 635), Gorakhpur to Bapudham Motihari (Rs 670), Gorakhpur to Muzaffarpur (Rs 790), Gorakhpur to Hajipur (Rs 890) and Gorakhpur to Patliputra (Rs 925), the CPRO said.

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