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20871 Vande Bharat Express

Shatabdi · 413 km · 6 hr 5 min · 5 stops · Daily except Tue

Departs
06:00
Howrah Jn
Arrives
12:05
Rourkela
Journey
6 hr 5 min
413 km · 5 stops
Runs
Daily except Tue
Fare from
₹934
AC chair car · estimate
On time
78%
usually on time
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Route and stops

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Scheduled stops of 20871 Vande Bharat Express, in order, with arrival and departure times, halt length, day of the run and cumulative distance from the origin.
#StationArrivesDepartsHaltDayKm
1Howrah Jn HWH—06:00—10
2Kharagpur Jn KGP07:2807:302 min1116
3Tatanagar Jn TATA09:1009:155 min1250
4Chakradharpur CKP09:5810:002 min1312
5Rourkela ROU12:05——1413

How reliably 20871 runs

78% arrive on time at the destination
typically on time · 71% on time across the route

From Oct 2025–Oct 2026 · within 15 min counts as on time.

  • Howrah Jn
    usually on time
    96%
  • Kharagpur Jn
    typically 7 min late
    88%
  • Tatanagar Jn
    typically 9 min late
    67%
  • Chakradharpur
    typically 29 min late · 11% over an hour
    26%
  • Rourkela
    usually on time · 6% over an hour
    78%

When it runs late

Roughest December: in December it typically runs 19 min late and reaches Rourkela on time only 46% of the time — against 100% around July. A year-round average hides that.

Runs latest on Wednesdays (72% on time), best on Sundays (90%).

Longest halts

  • Tatanagar Jn TATA5 min · arrives 09:10, departs 09:15

Return train and other trains on this route

Stations on the 20871 route