Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express Trial Run Begins Today. IN PICS

The trial run of the Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express started on Monday. (Image Source: PTI)

The trial run, that started at 6:55 am today from Patna Junction, will end by 8:25 pm after the train makes a return from Ranchi. (Image Source: PTI)

The train will pass through tunnels and railway bridges between Sidhwar (Ramgarh) and Sanki (Ranchi). It will halt at Gaya and Barkakana stations. The 27-km stretch between Sidhwar and Sanki has four tunnels, the longest being 1.7-km-long, while three others are around 600 metres each. (Image Source: PTI)

Earlier, the trial run was slated for June 11, but it was rescheduled to Monday because of the two-day state bandh called by a student group in Jharkhand. More trial runs will be conducted between Barkakana and Ranchi. (Image Source: ANI)

In December of last year, the commissioner of railway safety (CRS) in Kolkata conducted a safety inspection and speed trial on the 27-kilometer stretch between Sidhwar and Sanki and approved the new route between Koderma and Ranchi via Barkakana. (Image Source: ANI)