Puri–Rourkela Vande Bharat Express

Puri - Rourkela *Vande Bharat Express*
Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express
Overview
Service type	Vande Bharat Express
Locale	Odisha
First service	24 September 2023 (Inaugural run); 25 September 2023 (Commercial run)
Current operator(s)	East Coast Railways (ECoR)
Route
Termini	Puri (PURI); Rourkela Junction (ROU)
Stops	9
Distance travelled	505 km (314 mi)
Average journey time	07hrs 45mins
Service frequency	Six days a week [lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s)	20835 / 20836
Line(s) used	Tatanagar-Bilaspur line (Rourkela-Jharsuguda); Jharsuguda-Vizianagaram line (till Dhenkanal); Cuttack–Sambalpur line; Kharagpur-Puri line (from Cuttack Jn)
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Airline style; Rotatable seats;
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	On-board Catering
Observation facilities	Large windows in all coaches
Entertainment facilities	On-board WiFi; Infotainment System; Electric outlets; Reading light; Seat Pockets; Bottle Holder; Tray Table;
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Other facilities	Kavach
Technical
Rolling stock	Mini Vande Bharat 2.0
Track gauge	Indian gauge; 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	67 km/h (42 mph) (Avg.)
Average length	192 metres (630 ft) (08 coaches)
Track owner(s)	Indian Railways
Rake maintenance	Puri (PURI)
Route map
Route map

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 20835/20836 on 6 days a week basis. [3][4]

Rakes

It is the thirtieth 2nd Generation and eighteenth 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.[5]

Coach composition

The 20836/20835 Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express has currently 7 AC Chair Car and 1 Executive Chair Car coaches. The coaches in Aqua color indicate AC Chair Cars and the coaches in Pink color indicate AC Executive Chair Cars.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
20836	\| C1	C2	E1	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7 \|
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
20835	\| C7	C6	C5	C4	C3	E1	C2	C1 \|

Service

The 20836/20835 Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express will operate 6 days a week, covering a distance of 505 km (314 mi) in a travel time of 07hrs 45mins with average speed of 67 km/h. The Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) will be confirmed after commercial run.

Except Saturdays

Schedule

The schedule of this 20836/20835 Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express is given below:-

PURI - ROU - PURI Vande Bharat Express
20836		Stations	20835
Arrival	Departure	Stations	Arrival	Departure
----	05:00	Puri	21:40	----
05:38	05:40	Khurda Road Junction	20:55	20:57
06:00	06:05	Bhubaneshwar	20:30	20:35
06:30	06:32	Cuttack Junction	20:00	20:02
07:24	07:26	Dhenkanal	18:45	18:47
08:04	08:06	Talcher Road	18:13	18:15
08:14	08:16	Angul	18:00	18:02
09:25	09:27	Rairakhol	16:50	16:52
10:05	10:10	Sambalpur City	16:05	16:10
11:13	11:15	Jharsuguda Junction	15:23	15:25
12:45	----	Rourkela Junction	----	14:10

Incidents

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". themithilatimes.com. 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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[1] Except Saturdays

[2] "Vande Bharat express between Puri- Rourkela soon". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[3] "Puri Second Vande Bharat Will Connect These Cities – The Mithila Times". themithilatimes.com. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[4] "Odisha: Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express by Sept 30; check trial run schedule". 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[5] "Vande Bharat Express Between Puri- Rourkela Likely By September 30 | Check Route, Fare And Other Details Here". www.india.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[6] "Train 18, India's Fastest, Named "Vande Bharat Express": Piyush Goyal". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

Vande Bharat Express
Central Railways	Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon **
East Central Railways	Patna Jn ⇔ Ranchi Jn Patna Jn ⇔ Howrah Jn
East Coast Railways	Visakhapatnam Jn ⇔ Secunderabad Jn Puri ⇔ Rourkela Jn **
Eastern Railways	Howrah ⇔ New Jalpaiguri Jn
North Eastern Railways	Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Lucknow Charbagh **
Northeast Frontier Railways	New Jalpaiguri Jn ⇔ Guwahati **
Northern Railways	New Delhi ⇔ Varanasi Jn New Delhi ⇔ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra New Delhi ⇔ Amb Andaura Dehradun ⇔ Anand Vihar Terminal **
North Western Railways	Ajmer Jn ⇔ Delhi Cantonment Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn
South Central Railways	Secunderabad Jn ⇔ Tirupati Kacheguda ⇔ Yesvantpur Jn **
South East Central Railways	Bilaspur Jn ⇔ Nagpur Jn **
South Eastern Railways	Howrah ⇔ Puri Ranchi Jn ⇔ Howrah Jn **
South Western Railways	KSR Bengaluru City Jn ⇔ Dharwad **
Southern Railways	MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Mysuru Jn MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Coimbatore Jn Kasaragod ⇔ Trivandrum Central (via Kottayam) Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Vijayawada Jn Kasaragod ⇔ Trivandrum Central (via Alappuzha)
West Central Railways	Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa **
Western Railways	Mumbai Central ⇔ Gandhinagar Capital Indore Jn ⇔ Nagpur Jn Ahmedabad ⇔ Jamnagar
Italics represent services which are yet to be launched \| ** Indicates the 8 Coach VB Train