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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.

IC-809 (Daily) A - 320
IC-810 (Daily)
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Patna-Ranchi
12.45 hrs
13.30 hrs
Ranchi-Patna
15.00 hrs
15.45 hrs
Delhi-Ranchi
10.40 hrs
13.30 hrs
Ranchi-Delhi
15.00 hrs
17.55 hrs
Mumbai-Ranchi
08.00 hrs
13.30 hrs
Ranchi-Mumbai
15.00 hrs
20.55 hrs
Indian Airlines timings effective from September 15,2003
AIR SAHARA
Departures from Ranchi
Departure (hrs)
Arrival (hrs)
Normal Economy class fares (Rs)
Special Introductory Economy class fares (Rs)
Economy Class Flexi Fares
5-9 days before dep.
10-14 days before dep.
15-19 days before dep.
20-29 days before dep.
30 days before dep.
Ranchi-Mumbai
11:15
13:35
9435/-
6500/-
Rs 8555/-
Rs 8000/-
Rs 7730/-
Rs 6300/-
Rs 5700/-
Ranchi-Mumbai
18:50
20:35
9435/-
6500/-
Rs 8555/-
Rs 8000/-
Rs 7730/-
Rs 6300/-
Rs 5700/-
Ranchi-Bangalore
11:15
18:20
13330/-
11000/-
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA

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:

DOWN TRAIN
Train No.
Name Day
Arrival Departure
8626
Hatia-Ranchi Super Fast Express Daily
06.05 06.25
8611
Ranchi-Garhwa-Banaras Inter-City Express Daily
----- 18.10
466 Hatia-Karaghpur Passenger Daily
08.00 08.05
230 Hatia-Vardman Passenger Daily
09.05 09.10
3352 Dhanbad-Bokaro Allepy Express
Daily
10.15
10.30
8603 Hatia-Delhi Jharkhand Swarn Jayanti Express Mon, Tue, Thurs, (via-Barkakana) 11.15 11.30
8608
Ranchi-Baijnadhdham Express Daily ----- 13.00
2020 Ranchi-Hawda Satabdi Express Except Sunday ----- 13.45
8605 Hatia-Delhi Jharkhand Swarn Jayanti Express
Sun, Wed, Fri, (via-Gomo) 14.20 14.40
8601 Hatia-Jammu Tawi Express
Daily
14.40 15.00
4 DCH HCD Passenger Daily
15.15 15.17
5027 Hatia-Gorakhpur Mourya Express Daily
16.20 16.35
2439 Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express Wed, Sun
----- 17.00
3304 Hatia-Dhanbad Inter-City Express Except Sunday
17.25
17.40
8624 Hatia-Patna Express Daily
18.25 18.45
8616
Hatia-Hawda Express Daily
20.15 20.30
3403
Ranchi-Bhagalpur Vananchal Exp.
Sun, Wed, Fri, Sat, (via-Andal)
----- 14.10
3405
Ranchi-Bhagalpur Vananchal Exp. Sun, Thurs ----- 14.10
8622 Hatia-Patna Patliputra Express Daily 21.25 21.40
8609 Ranchi-Lokmanya Tilak Express Monday ----- 21.10
2812 Hatia-Lokmanya Tilak Express Saturday
----- 9.00
8613 Hatia-Waswantpur Express Thursday ----- 17.45
308 A Tata-Ranchi EMU ----- ----- 16.00
2JR
Hatia-Jharsuguda Passenger ----- ----- 10.15
8451 Hatia-Puri Tapaswini Express ----- ----- 16.45
UP TRAIN
Train No.
Name Day
Arrival Departure
8621
Patna-Hatia Patliputra Express Daily

5.00 5.15
3404 Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express Wed, Fri, Sat, Mon 05.50 -----
3406 Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express
Sun, Thurs

05.50 -----
8615 Hawda-Hatia Express Daily
7.25 7.35
8623 Patna-Hatia Express Daily 8.00 8.10
5028 Gorakhpur-Hatia Mourya Express Daily
8.40
8.50
2440
New Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express Tue, Fri
9.45 -----
3303 Dhanbad-Hatia Inter-City Express
Except Sunday 9.45
10.05
8602 Jammu Tawi-Hatia Express
Daily
11.25
11.35
1DCH DCH Passenger Daily
12.35 12.37
8607
Baijyanathdham-Ranchi Express
Daily 12.50 -----
2019 Hawda-Ranchi Satabdi Express Except Sunday
13.15 -----
8612
Banaras-Garhwa-Ranchi Inter-City Express Daily 6.45 -----
3351
Allepy Bokaro-Dhanbad Express
Daily 14.55 15.05
8606 Delhi-Hatia Jharkhand Swarn Jayanti Express Tue, Fri, Sun (Via-Gomo) 16.05 16.15
229 Vardman-Hatia Passenger Daily
17.40 17.45
465 Kharagpur-Hatia Passenger Daily
19.05 19.10
8625
Patna-Hatia Super Fast Daily
19.50
19.55
8604
Delhi-Hatia Jharkhand Swarn Jayanti Express
Wed, Thurs, Sat (Via-Barkakana) 21.00
21.10
8610 Lokmanya Tilak-Hatia Express Saturday
9.10 -----
2811 Lokmanya Tilak-Hatia Express Monday
5.30 -----
8614 Yashwantpur-Hatia Express Friday 21.30
-----
307A
Tata-Ranchi EMU
----- 12.00 -----
8452 Puri-Hatia Tapaswani Express
----- 12.15 -----
1JR Jharsuguda-Hatia Passenger
----- ----- 10.10

Distance From Ranchi to -
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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