Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate four Vande Bharat Express trains from Jamshedpur on September 15th. These trains are dedicated to Jharkhand and will connect various cities within the state. The routes and timings for the Tata-Patna and Tata-Berhampur Vande Bharat trains have been finalized. The Tata-Patna Vande Bharat will depart...
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from Tatanagar at 6:00 AM and arrive at Tatanagar at 1:00 PM. It will depart again from Tatanagar at 2:00 PM and arrive back at Tatanagar at 9:00 PM. The Tata-Berhampur Vande Bharat will depart from Tatanagar at 5:20 AM and reach Berhampur at 2:30 PM, passing through Chaibasa. The train will leave Berhampur at 3:00 PM and arrive back in Tatanagar at 11:55 PM. On the same day, Prime Minister Modi will also flag off the Devghar-Varanasi and Dumka-Ranchi Vande Bharat trains online. The Devghar-Varanasi Vande Bharat will depart from Devghar at 3:15 PM and reach Varanasi at 10:20 PM, passing through Jasidih, Jhajha, Nawada, and Gaya. It will then depart from Varanasi at 6:20 AM and reach the Baidyanath Dham station at 1:30 PM. The Dumka-Ranchi Vande Bharat will pass through Devghar, Madhupur, New Giridih, Rajdhanwar, Koderma, Barhi, and Hazaribagh before reaching Ranchi. The timetable for this train is not yet available. The inauguration of these four Vande Bharat trains is seen as a significant gesture by the Prime Minister ahead of the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections. Preparations are underway at Tatanagar station for the arrival of the Vande Bharat trains, including trial runs.

Several train services in the South Eastern Railway zone will be cancelled and rerouted due to line block work at various stations in the Chakradharpur Division. The Itwari and Bilaspur Express from Tatanagar is cancelled on September 6th, 14th, 21st and 28th. The Tata-Guwa MEMU train is cancelled on September 9th,...
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15th, 22nd and 29th. Tata-Badampahar and Tata-Rourkela MEMU trains are cancelled on September 9th, 11th, 18th and 25th. Santragachi-Rani Kamalapati Express will be cancelled on September 12th, Shalimar-Bhuj Express on September 10th, Santragachi-Pune Express on September 13th and 21st, Bilaspur-Patna Express from September 13th to 22nd and Howrah-Express on September 13th and 22nd. The Utkal Express will run on an alternate route on September 17th and the Tata-Bengaluru and Yashwantpur Express will run on an alternate route on September 27th.

Naresh Mishra, a resident of Nagpur, reported his mobile phone stolen from him while traveling on the Baksar Tatanagar Express at Jasidih station. He filed a complaint with the Tatanagar Railway Police, who forwarded the case to the Jasidih GRP for investigation. This incident comes two days after another theft case...
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was reported, where a passenger's belongings were stolen from the Jaynagar train near Kumardubi.

A shortage of doctors in hospitals within the Chakradharpur railway division is forcing railway employees and their families to seek medical treatment at private clinics. The union's coordinator, MK Singh, has demanded the appointment of specialist doctors in these hospitals to facilitate prompt diagnosis and treatment in emergencies. He highlighted that...
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despite medical facilities, employees are forced to spend thousands of rupees on private clinics and pathology labs. While Tatanagar Railway Hospital alone has 17,000 UMID card holders and pensioners, there are over 25,000 UMID card holders in the division. The union has requested that disease-specific doctors and adequate resources be provided in hospitals and health units across the division to eliminate the need for railway employees to seek private medical care.

The platform numbers 4 and 5 at Tatanagar station have been designated for the Vande Bharat Express trains to Patna and Brahmapur. This strategic placement minimizes walking distance for passengers from the foot overbridge. The railway carriage department has already installed boards indicating the positioning of the Vande Bharat Express engine...
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on platforms 4 and 5, strategically located at the center. The decision to allocate specific platforms for the Vande Bharat Express was directed by the Chakradharpur division. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to flag off the Patna and Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express trains on September 15th. In preparation, the washing line number 1 at Tatanagar station has been upgraded and is now operational. The Vande Bharat Express rakes currently stationed in Chakradharpur and Khurda will be transported to Tatanagar for trial runs within two days.