Patna–Howrah Vande Bharat Express


The 22348/22347 Patna–Howrah Vande Bharat Express is India's 30th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the city of Patna in Bihar with Howrah in West Bengal. This train was inaugurated on 24 September 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from New Delhi.

Overview

This train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting Patna Jn, Patna Sahib, Bakhtiyarpur Jn, Mokama Jn, Lakhisarai Jn, Jasidih Jn, Jamtara, Asansol Jn, Durgapur and Howrah Jn. It is currently operated with train numbers 22348/22347 on 6 days a week basis.

Rakes

It was the twenty-eighth 2nd Generation and sixteenth 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. It was later swapped with the orange liveried rakes of Patna–Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) Vande Bharat Express.
This conversion of 8 coaches to 16 coaches commenced on February 13, 2025, as this would benefit the passengers heading towards the metropolitan area of Kolkata, Howrah via the forest land of Jharkhand. On July 11th 2025 it was given the new 3rd generation Vande Bharat trainset having 20 coaches.

Service

The 22347/22348 Howrah Jn - Patna Jn Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except Wednesdays, covering a distance of in a travel time of 6 hours with an average speed of. The service has 8 intermediate stops. The Maximum Permissible Speed is.