Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
The 22301/22302 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express is India's 7th Vande Bharat Express train, connecting the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata with Siliguri, the largest city in northern West Bengal via Shantiniketan, Malda Town

Overview 

This train is being operated by Indian Railways, connecting Kolkata and Siliguri, West Bengal's two most important cities. The train service officially started from 1 January 2023 on New Year's Day from Howrah. However the inaugural service ran on 30 December from Howrah. This is the first Vande Bharat train service in Eastern India. Rakes 

It is the fifth 2nd Generation Vande Bharat Express train and was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) under the leadership of Sudhanshu Mani at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India initiative. Service 
The 22301/22302 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express currently operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of  (chargeable distance may be different) in a travel time of 07 hrs 30 mins with average speed of 75 km/h, making it the fastest passenger train in Howrah - New Jalpaiguri section. Coach composition 
The 22301/22302 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express currently has 14 AC Chair Car (highlighted in Aqua colour) and 2 Executive Chair Cars (highlighted in Pink colour) coaches. Speed 
Vande Bharat Express is capable of reaching 160 km/h for commercial run and 180 km/h for trial but it does not touch 160 km/h speed over this route. Sometimes people become confused because according to Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual (IRPWM) on Indian Railways website or Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering website, the BG (Broad Gauge) lines have been classified into six groups ‘A’ to ‘E’ on the basis of the future maximum permissible speeds but it may not be same as the present speed. The maximum permissible speed of the train and route is 130 km/h between Howrah and Khana which is about 108 km part via Dankuni of Howrah - New Delhi route  and speed is less in the rest part and the speed in rest part is same as maximum speed of the route which is 110 km/h over KAN-BDAG (Khana - Bonidanga) , presently unknown but 100 km/h in 2011 between Bonidanga (after Gumani - GMAN) and Malda Town (MLDT)  45 km long part, 110 km/h between Malda Town and New Jalpaiguri which is a part of Guwahati – Malda Town route having 110 km/h sectional speed
 which will be increased to 130 km/h between Malda Town and New Jalpaiguri by March 2023

Schedule 
The schedule of this 22301/22302 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express is given below:-

Incidents 
Three days after the inauguration of Vande Bharat express bound towards Howrah Jn in Howrah-New Jalpaiguri route at 2 January 2023 at around 17:30, some unidentified persons pelted stones allegedly at Kumarganj in Malda near Bihar. No casualties were reported. After the brief inspection by police in Howrah, it was reported that the door glass of C13 coach was shattered. See also 
 Vande Bharat Express
 Tejas Express
 Gatimaan Express
 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line
 Howrah railway station
 New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station

References 

Vande Bharat Express trains
Named passenger trains of India
Higher-speed rail
Express trains in India
 
Transport in Jalpaiguri
Transport in Howrah
Rail transport in West Bengal
Transport in Kolkata
Rail transport in Howrah
Trains from Howrah Junction railway station