पहला फेरा...हावड़ा से आए 199 लोग और गए 219 यात्री , टॉप स्पीड रही 130 किमी/घंटा।
First Journey... 199 passengers arrived from Howrah, 219 passengers departed.
Top speed was 130 kilometers.
City Reporter | Bhagalpur
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MST passengers fined 3560, deboarded at next station.

Bhagalpur to Howrah semi-high-speed train 17
started from September 17
reached Howrah at a maximum speed of 130 km/h. From Howrah
for the first time, 199 passengers arrived with passengers.
219 passengers departed from Bhagalpur.
Bhagalpur's loco pilots AK
Mandal and Kumar Gaurav went to Howrah after taking training. From Howrah
loco pilot AK Sarkar and assistant
loco pilot H Imam reached Bhagalpur with the train. The train manager
Sanjay Kumar was from Bhagalpur. Two passengers who boarded the train without a ticket
were fined and deboarded.
For the safety of female passengers, this
railway
has
deployed two lady constables. Passengers have
good feel about time saving and facilities in the train.

Suparna, passenger. Indranil, passenger. MK Srivastava.

If there is a complaint, passengers
were announced to inform.

View inside the loco pilot's cabin of the train.

Former international cricketer MK Srivastava checked tickets The train opened from Bhagalpur at its scheduled time 03:20.
As the train started, water was given to the passengers in Tikani. 03:44 reached Dhoni where the goods train
was standing, the train was carefully taken out at a speed of 27 km. 03:55 reached Barahat here Dumka-Godda MEMU
was standing. Reached Mandar Hill at 04:08. Where Vande Bharat
was stopped in the loop line to pass. Tropic juice, masala
tea packet, tomato sauce, Chocos pie,
khasta-kachori were given to the passengers. At 04:59
reached Nonnihat where Patna-Dumka Express was taken on the loop. Train manager passengers any complaint
kept announcing to inform on complaint number 9330023090. 04:28 Hansdiha, 04:59
Nonnihat, here Kaviguru was taken on the loop,
05:19 Dumka, 06:13 Rampurhat, 06:55 Bolpur
reached. After leaving from here, passengers were given food in Budhiman. The train reached Howrah at 08:55, 25 minutes earlier. After Rampur Hat, the maximum speed of the train
was 130 km/h.

Sultanganj resident of Bhagalpur, RPF Howrah's ASI Sujay Kumar was the security in-charge for the first journey.
He said. This is also memorable because for the first time when Vande Bharat
ran on the route, he was made the security escort in-charge. For the safety of female passengers, two lady constables Beauty Kumari, Kaveri Mandal were there. Head Constable Achinta Mahato was also
there. MK Srivastava, who played in the Under-19 Indian team with players like Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Ajay Ratra, checked the tickets of the passengers. Train Superintendent A. Bala and TTE MK
Verma were also there. Catering for the train has been given to Arha Hospitality Service. Catering supervisor conductor Raju Singh in the train. There are 19 members of the catering staff. IRCTC managers
Vipin Kumar and Mukesh Kumar were there. IRCTC supervisor Srishti Kumari told
that she got the opportunity to do the first hospitality.

Software engineer Indranil Banerjee
said that he didn't even know the time taken for the journey. With high-speed WiFi in the train, office work is being done during the journey itself. Suparna
Ganguly went from this route to Vande Bharat for the first time. Said that the food and amenities provided in the journey
are good. The passengers also captured the scenic views seen from the train during the journey in the camera.

That the train
reached Bhagalpur at 01:27 before 02:05. Water and English paper were given at 7:40.
09:19 Bolpur Shantiniketan, 10:26 Rampurhat, 11:28 Dumka, 11:49 Nonnihat, 12:08
Hansdiha, reached Mandar Hill at 12:28. Here Patna-Dumka Express was taken in the loop line.
Reached Barahat at 12:43. Sachin Khan pantry assistant gave everyone two brown breads, jam, tomato cutlet, boiled vegetables, tea and black coffee for breakfast in Bolpur. In Barahat
passengers were given desi paneer, two ajwain parathas, tadka dal, ice cream, sauce, curd, jeera
rice given to eat. After this refreshment was given. Sanitizer was also given.

The Howrah to Bhagalpur train departed at the scheduled time 07:45 and reached at the scheduled time afternoon