The Vande Bharat Categorical practice will run six days per week besides Saturday. It should depart from Gorakhpur at 05.40 am and take 7 hours to succeed in its last vacation spot.
Gorakhpur-Patliputra Vande Bharat Categorical practice might be launched on Friday, June 20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will nearly flag off the second Vande Bharat Categorical for Gorakhpur, Railway Board Chairman and CEO Satish Kumar stated throughout his go to to the Gorakhpur Junction on Thursday. The brand new Vande Bharat practice will join Patliputra to Gorakhpur through Muzaffarpur and Narkatiaganj. Gorakhpur-Patliputra-Gorakhpur (26502/26501) Vande Bharat Categorical’s common operation will start from June 22.
Gorakhpur-Patliputra Vande Bharat timings
The practice will run six days per week besides Saturday. Departure from Gorakhpur might be at 05.40 am and attain Patliputra at 12.45 pm. Equally, it is going to depart from Patliputra at 03.30 pm and attain Gorakhpur at 10.30 pm.
Gorakhpur-Patliputra Vande Bharat Categorical stations
- Gorakhpur
- Kaptanganj
- Paniahwa
- Bagaha
- Narkatiaganj
- Bettiah
- Sagauli
- Bapudham
- Motihari
- Muzaffarpur
- Hajipur
- Patliputra Jn
In the meantime, Railway Board Chairman Kumar carried out an intensive inspection of the station premises, built-in crew foyer, operating room, and different passenger amenities. He additionally reviewed the station redevelopment plans underneath the Rs 500-crore Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, which goals to equip the Gorakhpur Junction with world-class facilities, together with a roof plaza, spacious lounges, meals courts, shops, kids’s play zones, and Divyang-friendly infrastructure like ramps, lifts, and Braille signage.
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26502/26501 गोरखपुर-पाटलिपुत्र-गोरखपुर वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस
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गोरखपुर से 05.40 बजे प्रस्थान कर पाटलिपुत्र 12.45 बजे,
पाटलिपुत्र से 15.30 बजे प्रस्थान कर गोरखपुर 22.30 बजे पहुँचेगी। pic.twitter.com/le5RkAzbci
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Gorakhpur Junction holds the excellence of getting the world’s second-longest platform. Addressing the media, the Railway Board chief highlighted a file funds allocation of Rs 19,858 crore for railway growth in Uttar Pradesh for 2025-26, 8 instances greater than the common outlay throughout 2009–2014. He additional famous that 157 stations within the state, together with 58 within the NER zone, are being redeveloped underneath the Amrit Bharat scheme.
He additionally supplied updates on main capability growth initiatives corresponding to new strains and third-line building throughout jap UP, together with the Khalilabad-Bahraich hall and doubling work between Domingarh and Kusmhi. Throughout his go to, Kumar assured union leaders that he would prioritise addressing worker considerations relating to promotions, wages, and office security.
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