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- By Shubham Bajpai
- Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:00 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Dhanbad Amrit Bharat: The much-anticipated Amrit Bharat Express, connecting Dhanbad to South India, will now be inaugurated on March 11. The Coimbatore-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express was originally scheduled to be inaugurated from Madurai on March 1. The inauguration ceremony will now take place at Tiruchirapalli station.
The Amrit Bharat Express will be flagged off from Pottanur to Dhanbad instead of Coimbatore. Regular trains will also run between Dhanbad and Pottanur. Pottanur is an alternate station for Coimbatore city.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav announced the Dhanbad-Coimbatore Amrit Bharat train on February 2. He sent a letter to Dr. L. Murugan, a Rajya Sabha member from Tamil Nadu and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, informing him of the approval of four new pairs of trains, including the Pottanur-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat train.
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Will run as an express, route announcement soon
Originally, this train was planned as a superfast train, with a corresponding number. Now, it will become an express train with the numbers 16619 Pottanur-Dhanbad and 16620 Dhanbad-Pottanur. Whether it will run from Dhanbad via Gomoh, Gaya, and DDU, or Dhanbad, Bokaro, and Ranchi, will be officially announced soon.
Dhanbad gets three new trains in 48 days
With the Pottanur-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Expressway, Dhanbad will have three new trains in 48 days, from January to March. Previously, on January 18th, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Howrah-Anand Vihar Amrit Bharat Expressway.
Last month, on February 24th, the Railway Minister and the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh inaugurated new trains between Bhopal and Dhanbad. Of these, the Dhanbad-Bhopal and Dhanbad-Potnur Amrut Bharat trains will provide direct service from Dhanbad.