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Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand, was once the
summer capital of Bihar. Situated at a height
of 2100 ft above the sea level Ranchi was one
of the most important cities in Bihar.
While at Ranchi - Ranchi is linked to
North, East, West and South by rail and to
every important part of the country by road
and Patna-Delhi-Mumbai by air. Rickshaws and
Tempos are readily available on Rly. Station
and bus stands [Birsa {Khadgarha} bus stand
and Ratu Bus Stand] to take you to any part of
the city almost 24 hours, but avoid late night
movements. Rickshaw and reserved tempo fare
from both the stands to Albert Ekka (Firayalal)
chowk is negotiable which come to Rs. 10/- and
25/- to 35/- respectively. You can have hotels
to suit your purse near Rly. Station and Bus
Stands. From Ranchi town to different sites of
sight seeing, you can have regular bus service
or you can charter taxi (private cars) or hire
tempo - fare is negotiable.
Luxury hotels, skyscraper offices and
air-conditioned shopping, doctors, surgeons
and physicians of national repute and their
nursing homes and clinics, good hospitals,
medicine and diagnostic centers, beauty
clinics and such other facilities are enough
to assure you to meet any eventualities and
thwart your anxieties.
AIR CONNECTION
Ranchi is the only city of Jharkhand which is
connected by a daily airbus flight to Mumbai
via Delhi, the capital of India. The flight
time to, nearest airport, Patna from Ranchi is
45 minutes. It is expected that some more
flights will be added soon. Kolkata, overnight
by train, is the nearest international
airport.
:: INDIAN AIRLINES ::
|
Sector |
Flight No. |
Dep. |
Arr. |
|
Ranchi to Delhi |
IC 810 |
15:15 Hrs. |
17:00 Hrs. |
|
Ranchi to Mumbai |
IC 810 |
15:15 Hrs. |
19:55 Hrs. |
|
Delhi to Ranchi |
IC 809 |
11:00 Hrs. |
12:35 Hrs. |
|
Mumbai to Ranchi |
IC 809 |
08:00 Hrs. |
12:35 Hrs. |
Ph.: Airport : 93042 73315, 2253111/12
Ph.: 9971303030 |
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KingFisher |
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SECTOR |
Flight
No. |
DEPARTURE |
ARRIVAL |
|
Mumbai-Ranchi |
IT-3571 |
11.40 am. |
13.45 pm. |
|
Ranchi-Patna |
IT-3571 |
14.15 pm. |
15.05 pm. |
|
Patna-Mumbai |
IT-3571 |
15.35 pm. |
18.05 pm. |
|
Delhi-Patna |
IT-3347 |
14.50 pm. |
16.35 pm. |
|
Patna-Ranchi |
IT-3347 |
17.05 pm. |
17.55 pm. |
|
Ranchi-Delhi |
IT-3347 |
18.25 pm. |
20:15 pm. |
|
Delhi-Ranchi |
IT-3347 |
14.50 pm. |
17:55 pm. |
|
Kolkata-Patna |
IT-4579 |
18.25 pm. |
19.25 pm. |
|
Patna-Kolkata |
IT-4580 |
20.20 pm. |
22.00 pm. |
Kolkata-Patna
(Tue., Thu., Sat & Sunday) |
IT-4581 |
9.05 am. |
10.40 am. |
Patna-Kolkata
(Tue., Thu., Sat & Sunday) |
IT-4582 |
12.00 pm. |
01.30 pm. |
Ranchi-Raipur
(Mon., Wed. & Friday) |
IT-4573 |
07.30 am. |
09.00 am. |
Raipur-Ranchi
(Mon., Wed. & Friday) |
IT-4574 |
10.20 am. |
11.45 am. |
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Ph : Airport : 2252289 |
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MDLR
Airlines |
| SECTOR |
Flight
No. |
DEPARTURE |
ARRIVAL |
| Delhi
- Ranchi |
9H171 |
09.05
AM |
10.50
AM |
| Ranchi
- Delhi |
9H172 |
11.20
AM |
13.10
PM |
| Ranchi
- Jamshedpur |
9H171 |
15.35
PM |
18.05
PM |
| Jamshedpur
- Ranchi |
9H172 |
14.50
PM |
16.35
PM |
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JET - AIRWAYS |
|
SECTOR |
Flight
No. |
DEPARTURE |
ARRIVAL |
|
Kolkata-Ranchi |
9W-2856 |
14.35 pm. |
15.45 pm. |
|
Ranchi-Kolkata |
9W-2857 |
16.15 pm. |
17.25 pm. |
TRAIN
CONNECTION
Ranchi is very well connected
to other parts of the country. Direct trains are there from Delhi, Calcutta,
Chennai, Patna. Trains from Mumbai pass through Jamshedpur which is just
140 kms from Ranchi. The different train details with their arrival and
departure timings at Ranchi station are as follows:
::
RAILWAYS ::
|
DOWN TRAIN
|
|
Train No.
|
Name
|
Day
|
Arrival
|
Departure
|
|
2439 |
Rajdhani Express |
Wed. & Sun. |
- |
17.50
pm |
|
2453 |
Rajdhani Express |
Saturday |
- |
17.10 |
|
2817 |
Swarn Jyanti Express |
Wd,
Fri & Sun. |
14.55 |
15.10 |
|
2825 |
Ranchi-Delhi
Sampark Kranti Express |
Mon.
& Thu. |
- |
23.40 |
|
2873 |
Swarn Jyanti Express |
Wd,
Fri & Sun.
(via Barkakana) |
13.55 |
14.05 |
|
8609 |
LTT Express |
Wd,
Fri & Sun.
(via Gomo-Alahabad) |
- |
21.05 |
|
8616 |
Hatia-Hawarh Express |
- |
21.25 |
21.40 |
|
2020 |
Shatabdi Express |
Except
Sunday |
- |
13.40 |
|
8622 |
Patli
Putra Express |
|
22.20 |
22.30 |
|
8624 |
Hatia
Patna Express |
|
19.20 |
19.30 |
|
8626 |
Hatia
Patna Super Express |
|
06.15 |
06.24 |
|
3403 |
Vanachal
Express |
(Mon
to Sun. Via Andal) |
- |
14.45 |
|
8603 |
Vanachal
Express |
Sun.,
Tue., Thur. via Kiul |
- |
15.10 |
|
5027 |
Mourya Express |
-- |
17.05 |
17.20 |
|
5761 |
Ranchi
New Alipurdwar |
Sun.,
Wed. |
- |
20.30 |
|
466 |
Hatia-Khadagpur
Passenger |
-- |
9.00 |
9.05 |
|
484 |
Hatia-Bakunda |
-- |
-- |
16.10 |
|
8601 |
Hatia-Jammutavi
Express |
-- |
15.20 |
15.30 |
|
8608 |
Baidhnath
Dham Express |
-- |
- |
13.25 |
|
8611 |
Varanashi
Express |
Mon.,
Tues., Fri., Sat., |
- |
20.15 |
|
8631 |
Ranchi-
Ajmersharif |
Thur. |
-- |
20.15 |
|
308A |
Ranchi-Muri
MEMU |
-- |
-- |
18.25 |
|
3304 |
Hatia-Dhanbad |
Except
Sunday |
-- |
18.10 |
|
2877 |
Ranchi-Delhi
Garib Rath |
Mon
to Fri. |
17.10 |
-- |
|
8603 |
Ranchi-Bhagalpur
Express |
Sun.,
Tues. & Thur.
via kiul |
-- |
15.15 |
|
8613 |
Ranchi
CPU |
Mon.,
Thur., & Sat. |
- |
07.55 |
|
8311 |
Sambalpur
to Banaras |
Wed.,
Sun. |
20.05 |
20.15 |
|
8618 |
Ranchi
Hawrah Intercity |
Thur.,
Fri., Sat.,
via Tata |
- |
05.40 |
|
8628 |
Ranchi
Hawrah Intercity |
Sun.,
Mon., & Tues. via Dhanbad |
-- |
5.40 |
|
2366 |
Ranchi
Patna Janshatabdi |
|
-- |
14.30 |
|
2831 |
Hatia
-Bhuvneshwar Garibrath |
Mon.,
Wed., & Sat. |
-- |
21.13 |
|
3304 |
Ranchi
Dhanbad Intercity |
Except
Sunday |
- |
18.10 |
|
2835 |
Hatia
Yashwantpur |
Tues.
& Sun. |
-- |
18.20 |
|
2812 |
Hatia
Lokmanya Tilak |
Fri.&
Sat. |
- |
09.40 |
|
230 |
Hatia
Bardman Passenger |
-- |
8.05 |
8.10 |
|
614 |
Hatia-Dhanbad
Passenger |
-- |
-- |
15.42 |
|
1JH |
Hatia-
Jharsuguda |
-- |
-- |
10.10 |
|
1RL |
Ranchi-Loherdaga |
-- |
06.15 |
6.25 |
|
3RL |
Ranchi-Loherdaga |
-- |
-- |
14.15 |
|
5RL |
Ranchi-Loherdaga |
-- |
8.05 |
8.10 |
|
7RL |
Ranchi-Loherdaga |
-- |
-- |
18.15 |
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These
trains Depart from Hatia |
|
|
Train No.
|
Name
|
Day
|
Arrival
|
Departure
|
|
8451 |
Hatia-Puri
Tapaswani Exp DN |
|
- |
16.05 |
|
8452 |
Puri-Hatia
Tapaswani Exp UP |
|
11.25 |
- |
|
8262 |
Hatia
Patna Exp |
|
- |
6.00 |
|
3352 |
Allepy-Dhanbad |
- |
08.20 |
8.25 |
|
2873 |
Hatia
- Delhi Swarnjyanti Express |
Mon., Tue., & Wed via Gomo |
- |
13.40 |
|
2817 |
Hatia Delhi Jharkhand |
Wed., Fri and Sun via Gomo |
-- |
14.40 |
|
2812 |
Hatia-Lokmanya
Tilak Express Super Fast |
Fri, Sat,
Via Rourkela-Raipur |
- |
09.40 |
|
2835 |
Hatia-Khadagpur |
- |
- |
08.45 |
|
466 |
Hatia-Yashwanthpur
(Banglore) |
Mon & Tue |
- |
18.20 |
|
230 |
Hatia-Bardmaan Passenger |
- |
- |
07.50 |
|
8601 |
Hatia - Jammutavi |
- |
15.20 |
15.30 |
|
8616 |
Hatia - Harah |
- |
- |
21.10 |
|
8622 |
Hatia- Patlipitra |
- |
- |
22.05 |
|
8624 |
Hatia - Patna Express |
- |
- |
19.05 |
|
5027 |
Hatia - Gorakhpur |
- |
- |
16.50 |
|
2831 |
Hatia-Bhuvneshwar Garib Rath |
Mon., Wed., & Sat |
- |
21.10 |
|
1JH |
Hatia-Jharsuguda
Passenger |
|
19.45 |
19.50 |
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UP TRAIN
|
|
Train No.
|
Name
|
Day
|
Arrival
|
Departure
|
|
8452 |
Puri-Hatia Tapasvini Express |
|
11.45 |
--- |
|
2365 |
Patna-Ranchi
Janshatabdi Express |
|
13.50 |
- |
|
8627 |
Howrah
- Ranchi Intercity Express
|
Sun,
Mon & Tues.
(Via-Dhanbad) |
22.15 |
- |
|
8617 |
Howrah
- Ranchi Intercity Express
|
Thur,
Fri & Sat
(Via-Tatanagar) |
23.00 |
15.05 |
|
8614 |
Chopan
- Ranchi Express |
Wed, Fri & Sun |
20.20 |
- |
|
2878 |
New
Delhi - Ranchi Garib Rath |
Thur & Sun |
10.40 |
- |
|
5762 |
New
Alipur Dwar-Ranchi Express |
Sun. & Wed. |
14.10 |
- |
|
2826 |
Delhi-Ranchi
Sampark Kranti Express |
(Sat.
& Wed.) |
5.00 |
- |
|
2440 |
New
Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express |
Wed.
& Sat. Via Gomo, Gaya |
09.20 |
- |
|
2454 |
Rajdhani Express
( New Delhi-Ranchi) |
Mon.
Via Daltonganj |
10.25 |
- |
|
8621 |
Patna-Hatia
Patliputra Express |
|
04.35 |
04.40 |
|
3404 |
Vanachal
Express (Bhagalpur-Ranchi) |
Daily Via Andal |
5.15 |
- |
|
8312 |
BSB-SBP |
Mon & Thur |
04.15 |
04.25 |
|
8615 |
Howrah-Hatia
Express |
|
7.05 |
7.15 |
|
8623 |
Patna-Hatia
Express |
|
8.15 |
8.25 |
|
5028 |
Gorakhpur-Hatia
Mourya Express |
|
7.40 |
7.50 |
|
2811 |
LTT-Ranchi
(Mumbai-Ranchi) |
Mon, Tue via Raipur, Rourkela |
03.45 |
- |
|
2440 |
New-Delhi
Ranchi (Rajdhani Express) |
Wed,
Sat |
09.20 |
- |
|
2454 |
New
Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express |
Fri
via Barkakana |
10.45 |
- |
|
3303 |
Dhanbad-Ranchi
Intercity Express |
Daily,
except Sunday |
10.05 |
10.10 |
|
8602 |
Jammutavi-Hatia
Express |
|
9.35 |
09.45 |
|
8604 |
Bhagalpur-Ranchi
Express |
Tues., Thur. & Sun
via Kiul |
5.35 |
- |
|
8607 |
Baidnathdham-Ranchi
Express |
|
12.40 |
- |
|
8610 |
LTT
Express |
Sat Via Gomo |
7.20 |
- |
|
2019 |
Howrah-Ranchi
Shatabdi Express |
Daily,
excluding Sunday |
13.10 |
- |
|
8612 |
Varanasi-Garhwa-Ranchi
Intercity |
|
04.15 |
- |
|
3352 |
Allepey
-Dhanbad-Express |
|
08.40 |
08.55 |
|
2818 |
Jharkhand
Swarnjayanti Super Fast
(Delhi-Hatia) |
Tue,
Fri, Sun Via Gomo |
20.30 |
20.35 |
|
8625 |
Patna-Hatia
Super Fast Express |
|
20.35 |
20.40 |
|
8632 |
Ajmer
Sharif-Ranchi Express |
(Every
Monday) |
4.15 |
- |
|
2836 |
Hatia-Yaswanthpur
Super Fast |
Sat & Thur. |
19.10 |
- |
|
2874 |
Jharkhand
Swarna Jayanti Express
(Delhi-Hatia) |
Wed,
Thu & Sat Via Barkakana |
19.55 |
- |
|
307 |
Muri-Ranchi
EMU |
|
11.25 |
- |
|
613 |
Dhanbad-Ranchi
Passenger |
|
12.15 |
- |
|
229 |
Dhanbad-Hatia
Bardmaan
Passenger |
|
17.10 |
17.15 |
|
483 |
Bankura-Ranchi
Passenger* |
|
11.45 |
11.40 |
|
484 |
Bankura-Hatia
Passenger* |
|
21.45 |
- |
|
465 |
Kharagpur-Hatia
Passenger |
|
17.40 |
17.45 |
|
2RL |
Lohardaga-Ranchi
Passenger |
|
09.45 |
- |
|
4RL |
Lohardaga-Ranchi
Passenger |
|
13.45 |
- |
|
6RL |
Lohardaga-Ranchi
Passenger |
|
17.45 |
- |
|
8RL |
Lohardaga-Ranchi
Passenger |
|
21.30 |
- |
|
483 |
Bakurra
to Ranchi |
|
11.35 |
11.40 |
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UP TRAIN FROM HATIA |
|
|
Train No.
|
Name
|
Day
|
Arrival
|
Departure
|
|
8452 |
Puri Tapasvini Hatia |
|
- |
11.45 |
|
8625 |
Patna-Hatia Express |
|
20.30 |
20.35 |
|
8602 |
Jammutavi Express |
|
09.35 |
9.45 |
|
8615 |
Hawrah Hatia Express |
- |
07.45 |
- |
|
8621 |
Patliputra- Hatia |
- |
05.05 |
- |
|
8623 |
Patna - Hatia Express |
- |
08.45 |
18.35 |
|
2811 |
Mubai LTT Hatia |
Mon & Tue. |
03.45 |
- |
|
2812 |
Sambalpur-Banaras |
- |
04.40 |
- |
|
2815 |
Hatia- Hawrah |
- |
07.35 |
- |
|
2818 |
Delhi- Hatia Swarnjayanti Express |
Tues., Fri & Sat |
16.10 |
16.20 |
|
2832 |
Bhuvneshwar Hatia Garib Rath |
Wed., Sat & Mon |
07.07 |
- |
|
2836 |
Yashwantpur Hatia |
Thur & Sat. |
19.15 |
- |
|
2878 |
Jharkhand Swarnjayanti Express |
Wed. Thur & Sat. |
19.55 |
- |
|
3351 |
Dhanbad Allepy |
|
15.20 |
15.25 |
|
465 |
Khadagpur Hatia |
|
18.05 |
- |
|
229 |
Bardmaan Hatia Passenger |
|
17.10 |
- |
|
2JH |
Jharsuguda-Hatia
Passenger |
|
16.35 |
- |
BUS
CONNECTION
Buses of the
Jharkhand State
Road Transport Corporation ply regularly to connect Ranchi to the other
parts of Jharkhand. Regular bus services are there to Calcutta and other towns
of neighboring states. Private buses also ply regularly to Jamshedpur,
Patna and Calcutta.
ROADS
NH 31 passes through Ranchi.
Roads connecting to major cities are there providing movement for passenger
and freight traffic. Distances to some major cities / towns from Ranchi
are as follows :-
|
State
Transport |
|
From
Ranchi |
Time |
Fare |
|
Alipur
Super Express |
3.30 |
313.00 |
|
Siligudi
Super Express |
3.30 |
252.00 |
|
Patna
High Take |
7.00 |
157.00 |
|
Patna
High Take |
20.30 |
157.00 |
|
Patna
High Take |
21.00 |
157.00 |
|
Patna
High Take |
21.30 |
157.00 |
|
Patna
High Take |
22.00 |
157.00 |
|
Gorakhpur |
16.30 |
240.00 |
|
Balia |
17.30 |
158.00 |
|
Chapra |
18.00 |
156.00 |
|
Gaya
(Super) |
6.30 |
87.00 |
|
Gaya
(Delux) |
7.00 |
103.00 |
|
Gaya
(Super) |
9.00 |
88.00 |
|
Gaya
(Semi Delux) |
10.30 |
95.00 |
|
Gaya |
11.30 |
87.00 |
|
Gaya |
13.30 |
88.00 |
|
Gaya |
13.30 |
88.00 |
|
Gaya |
15.00 |
87.00 |
|
Gaya |
19.30 |
88.00 |
|
Gaya |
20.00 |
88.00 |
|
Gaya |
20.30 |
103.00 |
|
Gaya |
21.30 |
103.00 |
|
Jahanabad |
19.30 |
104.00 |
|
Jahanabad
(Delux) |
22.00 |
121.00 |
|
Jahanabad
(Delux) |
23.30 |
120.00 |
|
Ranchi
to Tata |
1.40 |
60.00 |
|
Tata |
3.00 |
60.00 |
|
Tata |
3.30 |
60.00 |
|
Tata |
4.00 |
60.00 |
|
Tata |
6.00 |
60.00 |
|
Tata |
13.40 |
60.00 |
|
City |
Distance
in KM |
|
Bokaro Steel City |
110 |
|
Calcutta |
415 |
|
Delhi |
1300 |
|
Dhanbad |
170 |
|
Patna |
340 |
|
Rourkela |
250 |
|
Chaibasa |
130 |
|
Gumla |
80 |
|
Hazaribagh |
100 |
|
Jamshedpur |
140 |
|
Gaya |
220 |
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