Railway Board yet to approve Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat commercial run
The Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat Express has not yet received the final nod from the Railway Board to make its inaugural commercial run, even after two successful trial runs. The train completed its first trial run on August 5 and second on August 12. The railways has prepared its ground work to introduce the semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express on the Patna-Howrah route, a distance of about 535km. During the trial run, the train had covered the distance in about 6 hours 30 minutes from Patna to Howrah.