Color: | FF7220 |
Tatanagar Junction – Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express | |
Type: | Vande Bharat Express |
Locale: | Jharkhand and Odisha |
First: | (Inaugural) (Commercial) |
Operator: | South Eastern Railways (SER) |
Start: | (TATA) |
Stops: | 09 |
End: | (BAM) |
Distance: | 587km (365miles) |
Journeytime: | 09 hrs |
Frequency: | Six days a week |
Trainnumber: | 20891 / 20892 |
Line Used: |
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Class: | AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car |
Sleeping: | No |
Catering: | On board Catering |
Observation: | Large windows in all coaches |
Baggage: | Overhead racks |
Otherfacilities: | Kavach |
Stock: | Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 |
Gauge: | Indian gauge broad gauge |
Speed: | (Avg.) |
Trainlength: | 192m (630feet) (08 coaches) |
Owners: | Indian Railways |
Maintenance: | Tatanagar Jn (TATA) |
Map State: | collapsed |
Electrification: | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line |
The 20891/20892 Tatanagar - Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express is India's 57th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the industrial city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand with Brahmapur in Odisha.[1] [2] [3]
This express train was inaugurated on September 15 2024, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from the capital city of Ranchi instead of physically inaugurating at Tatanagar Junction in Jharkhand due to continuous rains in Jamshedpur.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
This train is currently operated by Indian Railways, connecting Tatanagar Jn, Chaibasa, Banspani, Kendujhargarh, Harichandanpur, Jakhapura Jn, Cuttack Jn, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road Jn, Balugaon and Brahmapur. It currently operates with train numbers 20891/20892 on 6 days a week basis.[11]
It is the fifty-fourth 2nd Generation and thirty-eighth Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.[12]
The 20891/20892 Tatanagar - Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 587km (365miles) in a travel time of 09 hrs with average speed of 65 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) will be confirmed after commercial run.