A one-way fare of ₹2,615 on the new Delhi-Patna Vande Bharat Chair Car comes with a travel time of 12 hours and 55 minutes – 90 minutes longer than the Tejas Rajdhani, which covers the route in 11 hours and 28 minutes.

The chair car service runs six days a week. It was earlier deployed during the Bihar Assembly elections and is meant for medium-distance intercity journeys of up to 700 km. Unlike the sleeper-class options on the Tejas Rajdhani, the Vande Bharat Chair Car offers only seating.

Railway officials highlighted several features: semi-permanent jerk-free couplers; regenerative braking systems that save energy; centrally controlled automatic plug doors; and CCTV cameras in every coach.