The Indian Railways conducted the first trial run of the Vande Bharat Express between Patna and Ranchi on Monday morning in Jharkhand.

According to the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the East Central Railway (ECR) (Hajipur zone) Birendra Kumar, the trial run was slated for June 11 but it was moved to Monday due to a two-day state bandh organised by a student group.

People gathered on the platform to see the Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express make a trial run to Gaya Railway Station.

Earlier, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that Vande Bharat trains will start covering all the states by June.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital, the Railway Minister said that they have a target to connect 200 cities with the Vande Bharat train by the middle of the next year, adding that the production work is going at a fast pace.