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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 Patna |
IC
809 |
13:20
Hrs. |
14:05
Hrs. |
| Ranchi
to Delhi |
IC
810 |
16:15
Hrs. |
17:55
Hrs. |
| Ranchi
to Mumbai |
IC
810 |
16:15
Hrs. |
20:55
Hrs. |
| Patna
to Ranchi |
IC
810 |
14:45
Hrs. |
15:30
Hrs. |
| Delhi
to Ranchi |
IC
809 |
11:00
Hrs. |
12:35
Hrs. |
| Mumbai
to Ranchi |
IC
809 |
08:00
Hrs. |
12:35
Hrs. |
| Delhi
to Ranchi |
IC
7609 |
16:55
Hrs. |
18:35
Hrs. |
| Ranchi
to Bhubneshwar |
IC
7609 |
19:10
Hrs. |
20:00
Hrs. |
| Ranchi
to Delhi |
IC
7609 |
19:10
Hrs. |
22:30
Hrs. |
|
|
| Sector |
Flight
No. |
Dep. |
Arr. |
| Alliance
Air |
| Delhi-Ranchi
|
CD7479 |
16:55
Hrs. |
18:40
Hrs. |
| Ranchi-Bhubneshwar
|
CD7479 |
19:10
Hrs. |
20:00
Hrs. |
| Bhubneshwar-Delhi
|
CD7479 |
20:30
Hrs. |
22:30
Hrs. |
|
Ph : Airport 0651-2503255, City
Office : 2203042 |
| Sector |
Flight
No. |
Dep. |
Arr. |
| JETLITE |
| Delhi-Ranchi
|
S2-6163 |
13:05 |
14:45 |
| Ranchi-Delhi |
S2-6164 |
15:15 |
16:55 |
| Mumbai-Ranchi |
S2-6721 |
5:05 |
8:45 |
| Patna-
Ranchi |
S2-6721 |
8:05 |
8:45 |
| Ranchi-Mumbai |
S2-6721 |
9:45 |
12:05 |
| Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday & Sunday |
|
Ph : Airport 0651-2503255, City
Office : 2203042 |
|
|
|
air
SAHARA |
| Sector |
Arr. |
Dep. |
| Delhi
to Ranchi |
13:20 |
15:00 |
| Ranchi
to Delhi |
15:30 |
17:10 |
| Ranchi-Delhi
flights on Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. |
|
|
AIR
DECCAN |
| SECTOR |
Flight
No. |
Dep. |
Arr.
|
| Kolkata-Ranchi |
DN-573 |
06:05 |
07.15 |
| Ranchi-Kolkata |
DN-574 |
07:30 |
08:30 |
| Kolkata-Ranchi |
DN-577 |
16:30 |
17:30 |
| Ranchi-Kolkata |
DN-578 |
17:45 |
18:45 |
| |
| SECTOR |
Flight
No. |
Dep. |
Arr.
|
| Delhi-Ranchi |
DN-726 |
16:00 |
17:40 |
| Ranchi-Patna |
DN-726 |
18:10 |
19:00 |
| Patna-Ranchi |
DN-727 |
19:10 |
21:05 |
|
Delhi-Ranchi Air Deccan flight from Ranchi on Monday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Ph : Airport : +91-0651-2252289 |
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|
MDLR
AIRLINES |
| SECTOR |
Flight
No. |
DEPARTURE |
ARRIVAL |
| Delhi-Ranchi |
9H171 |
08.40
am |
10.30
am |
| Ranchi-Delhi |
9H172 |
14.00
pm |
15:50
pm |
| Ranchi-Kolkata |
9H171 |
11.00
am |
12:00
noon |
| Kolkata-Ranchi |
9H172 |
12.30
pm |
13:30
pm |
| Ranchi-Chandigarh |
9H172 |
14.00
pm |
17:50
pm |
| Chandigarh-Ranchi |
9H171 |
07.10
am |
10:30
am |
|
Ph
: Airport : 9304273315, 2253111/12 |
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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
|
| 5761 |
Ranchi-New
Alipur Dwar Express |
Mon.
& Fri. |
- |
20.40 |
| 2825 |
Ranchi-Delhi
Sampark Kranti Express |
Mon.
& Thu. |
- |
23.40 |
| 8626 |
Hatia-Patna
Superfast Express |
|
06.10 |
06.20 |
| 8611 |
Ranchi-Garhwa
Varanasi Intercity Express |
|
- |
20.20 |
| 3352 |
Allepey-Bokaro
Dhanbad
Express |
|
8.40 |
8.55 |
| 2873 |
Jharkhand
Swarnajayanti Express (Hatia-Delhi) |
Mon.,
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat Via Barkakana |
13.55 |
14.05 |
| 8608 |
Ranchi-Baidnathdham
Express |
|
- |
13.25 |
| 2020 |
Ranchi-Howrah
Shatabdi Express |
except
Sunday |
- |
13.45 |
| 3403 |
Vanachal
Express (Hatia-Bhagalpur) |
Mon,
Wed, Fri, Sat Via Andal |
- |
14.50 |
| 3405 |
Vanachal
Express (Hatia-Bhagalpur) |
Thu,
Sun Via Kuel Jasidih |
- |
14.50 |
| 2817 |
Jharkhand
Swarna Jayanti Super Fast
(Hatia-Delhi) |
Sun,
Wed & Fri Via Gomo |
15.00 |
15.15 |
| 8601 |
Hatia-Jammutavi
Express |
|
15.20 |
15.30 |
| 5027 |
Hatia
Gorakhpur Mourya Express |
|
17.35 |
17.50 |
| 2439 |
Ranchi-New
Delhi Rajdhani Express |
Wed.
& Sat. Via Gomo, Gaya |
- |
17.30 |
| 2453 |
Rajdhani
Express (Ranchi-New Delhi) |
Tue.
Via Daltonganj |
- |
17.10 |
| 3304 |
Hatia-Dhanbad
Intercity Express |
Except
Sunday |
18.05 |
18.15 |
| 8624 |
Hatia-Patna
Patliputra Express |
|
19.20 |
19.30 |
| 8616 |
Hatia-Howrah
Express |
|
21.45 |
22.00 |
| 8609 |
Ranchi-Mumbai
LTT Express |
Fri,
Sat Via Chakradharpur |
- |
21.05 |
| 8622 |
Hatia-Patna
Patliputra Express |
|
22.20 |
22.30 |
| 8631 |
Ranchi-Ajmer
Sharif Express |
Thursday
via Muri, Barkakana |
- |
20.20 |
| 8632 |
Ajmer
Sharif-Ranchi Express |
|
04:15 |
- |
| 2835 |
Hatia-Yaswanthpur
Super Fast |
|
- |
18.35 |
| 466 |
Hatia-Kharagpur
Express |
|
9.20 |
09.25 |
| 230 |
Hatia-Dhanbad
Passenger |
|
8.00 |
08.05 |
| 614 |
4
DCH Hatia-Chandrapura-Dhanbad Passenger |
|
15.40 |
15.42 |
| 308A |
Ranchi-Tata
EMU |
|
- |
16.40 |
| 484 |
Ranchi-Bankura
Passenger* |
|
16.15 |
16.17 |
| 1RL |
Ranchi
Lohardaga (Passenger) |
|
- |
07.00 |
| 3RL |
Ranchi
Lohardaga (Passenger) |
|
- |
12.15 |
|
UP TRAIN
|
|
Train No.
|
Name
|
Day
|
Arrival
|
Departure
|
| 5762 |
New
Alipur Dwar-Ranchi Express |
Mon.
& Fri. |
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 |
|
04.40 |
04.50 |
| 3404 |
Vanachal
Express (Bhagalpur-Ranchi) |
Mon.
Tue, Wed,
Fri, Sat Via Andal |
5.15 |
- |
| 3406 |
Vanachal
Express (Bhagalpur-Ranchi) |
Thur,
Sun, via Kiul |
5.15 |
- |
| 8615 |
Howrah-Hatia
Express |
|
6.50 |
7.00 |
| 8623 |
Patna-Hatia
Express |
|
7.30 |
7.40 |
| 5028 |
Gorakhpur-Hatia
Mourya Express |
|
7.40 |
8.50 |
| 8610 |
(Mumbai-Ranchi)
LTT-Ranchi |
Sat
via Gomo-Allahabad |
7.10 |
- |
| 2811 |
LTT-Ranchi
(Mumbai-Ranchi) |
Tue,
Wed via Raipur, Rourkela |
03.45 |
- |
| 2812 |
LTT-Ranchi
(Mumbai-Ranchi) |
Fri,
Sat. via Rourkela, Raipur |
- |
09.55 |
| 2440 |
New-Delhi
Ranchi (Rajdhani Express) |
Wed,
Sat |
09.20 |
- |
| 2454 |
New
Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express |
Mon
via Barkakana |
10.25 |
- |
| 3303 |
Dhanbad-Hatia
Intercity Express |
Daily,
excluding Sunday |
10.00 |
10.10 |
| 8602 |
Jammutavi-Hatia
Express |
|
10.05 |
09.50 |
| 8607 |
Baidnathdham-Ranchi
Express |
|
12.40 |
- |
| 2019 |
Howrah-Ranchi
Shatabdi Express |
Daily,
excluding Sunday |
13.10 |
- |
| 8612 |
Varanasi-Garhwa-Ranchi
Intercity |
|
04.15 |
- |
| 3351 |
Dhanbad-Bokaro
Allepey
Express |
|
14.55 |
15.10 |
| 2818 |
Jharkhand
Swarnjayanti Super Fast
(Delhi-Hatia) |
Tue,
Fri, Sun Via Gomo |
16.15 |
16.25 |
| 8625 |
Patna-Hatia
Super Fast Express |
|
20.35 |
20.40 |
| 8631 |
Ranchi-Ajmer
Sharif Express |
Every
Thursday |
- |
20.20 |
| 8632 |
Ajmer
Sharif-Ranchi Express |
(Every
Monday) |
4.15 |
- |
| 2836 |
Hatia-Yaswanthpur
Super Fast |
|
19.10 |
- |
| 2874 |
Jharkhand
Swarna Jayanti Express
(Delhi-Hatia) |
Wed,
Thu & Sat Via Barkakana |
19.55 |
- |
| 307A |
Ranchi-Tata
EMU |
|
11.25 |
- |
| 613 |
Dhanbad-Hatia
Passenger |
|
12.03 |
12.05 |
| 229 |
Dhanbad-Hatia
Passenger |
|
17.20 |
17.25 |
| 483 |
Bankura-Hatia
Passenger* |
|
11.35 |
11.40 |
| 484 |
Bankura-Hatia
Passenger* |
|
21.45 |
- |
| 465 |
Kharagpur-Hatia
Passenger |
|
17.45 |
17.50 |
| 2RL |
Lohardaga-Ranchi
Passenger |
|
10.45 |
- |
| 4RL |
Lohardaga-Ranchi
Passenger |
|
16.00 |
- |
| 6RL |
Lohardaga-Ranchi
Passenger |
|
21.45 |
- |
| 483 |
Bakurra
to Ranchi |
|
11.35 |
11.40 |
| These
trains Depart from Hatia |
| 8451 |
Hatia-Puri
Tapaswani Exp DN |
|
- |
16.15 |
| 8452 |
Puri-Hatia
Tapaswani Exp UP |
|
11.25 |
- |
| 2811 |
Lokmanya
Tilak-Hatia Express Super Fast |
Tue.,
Via Raipur-Rourkela |
03.45 |
- |
| 2812 |
Hatia-Lokmanya
Tilak Express Super Fast |
Sat,
Via Rourkela-Raipur |
- |
09.55 |
| 2835 |
Hatia-Yashwanthpur
(Banglore) |
Tue |
- |
18.35 |
| 2836 |
Yashwanthpur-Hatia
(Banglore) |
Sat |
19.10 |
- |
| 1JH |
Hatia-Jharsuguda
Passenger |
|
- |
10.10 |
| 2JH |
Jharsuguda-Hatia
Passenger |
|
16.10 |
- |
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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