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02 September 2024
Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat train stopped at the holy pilgrimage site Parasnath station located in Giridih district of Jharkhand.
The event was welcomed by scores of Jains. “ We are very happy”, said Sudhakar Jain, a businessman in Ranchi, echoing the sentiments of his community.
Giridih MP and AJSU leader Chandra Prakash Choudhary and the state Minister Devi by flagging off function at Parasnath station. Parasnath is one of the most important pilgrimage centre for Jains.
They call it Sammed Sikhar. The hill is named after Parasnath, the 23rd Tirthankara. Twenty of Jain Tirthankaras attained salvation on this hill. Every year thousands of Jains from across the country and abroad visit Parasnath, each facing untold miseries due to lack of comfortable rail links.
In view of their problem and demand of the people of Giridih to have a stoppage of the Varanasi-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express train at Parasnath, BJP state in-charge Laxmikant Vajpayee had written a letter on July 13 requesting the Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnav, to make a stopover of this train at Parasnath station.
The Railway Minister approved the stoppage of the train at the Parasnath station, which the Railway Minister formally informed to Vajpayee through a letter.
This became evident today when this train stopped there. The Ranchi Varanasi Vande Bharat Express (20887) train runs from Ranchi to Varanasi Jn.
The mail express train covers a distance of about 536 km. The Ranchi Varanasi Vande Bharat Express train journey begins at Ranchi, where it departs at 05:10 in the morning.
It arrives at Muri at 06:10 and departs two minutes later at 06:12. The next stop is Bokaro Steel City, where the train arrives at 07:10 and leaves at 07:12. Continuing its journey, the train reaches Koderma Junction at 08:40, staying for two minutes before departing at 08:42.
It arrives at Gaya Junction at 10:00 and departs at 10:05 after a five-minute stop. The train then reaches Sasaram at 11:03 and departs at 11:05. The next stop is Dd Upadhyaya Junction, where it arrives at 12:15 and leaves at 12:20.
The journey concludes at Varanasi Junction, where the train arrives at 13:00, where it ends the trip. The fare classes on the 20887 train are EC, CC and the following train ticket quotas are available on Vande Bharat Exp: GN, TQ, SS, LD.
