Various news reports mention the following time changes in the ECOR schedule starting from July 1 2007. Following is based on the Statesman’s report.

  • One pair of tri-weekly Garib Rath Super Fast train between Bhubaneswar and Ranchi and a new Weekly Express train between Bhubaneswar and Rameswaram will be introduced shortly.
  • Khurda Road-Angul-Khurda Road Fast Passenger will be extended to Puri.
  • 2843/2844 Puri-Ahmedabad-Puri Tri-weekly Express will run four times a week instead of thrice a week.
  • Bhubaneswar-Koraput–Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express will have new stoppages at Sikripoi and Boiguda.
  • Kharagpur-Bhubaneswar-Kharagpur Fast Passenger will have new stoppages at Baitarani Road.
  • Bhubaneswar-Bolangir–Bhubaneswar Inter-city Express will have new stoppages at Hirakud.
  • 5CP & 7CP/6CP & 8CP Cuttack-Paradeep-Cuttack Passenger train will have new stoppages at Badabandha.
  • As part of the modernisation works being undertaken in Sambalpur, East Coast Railway has decided to close down Sambalpur Road flag station from 1 July.
  • The running days of Bhubaneswar–Chennai–Bhubaneswar Weekly Super Fast Express will be changed in the new time table from 1 July. Bhubaneswar-Chennai Weekly Super Fast Express will leave Bhubaneswar on every Thursday instead of Fridays. Similarly, Chennai-Bhubaneswar Weekly Super Fast Express leaving Chennai on Saturdays will now leave on Fridays.
  • 2421 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express leaving Bhubaneswar at 11.10 am will leave at 11.25 am.
  • Bhubaneswar-Baripada Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 05.30 pm instead of its earlier departure time and will reach Baripada at 10.30 pm.
  • Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express will leave Puri at 10.00 pm from 1 July instead of its earlier departure time at 9.45 pm.
  • Puri-Howrah weekly Super Fast Express will leave Puri at 9.45 pm instead of 10.00 pm.
  • The arrival and departure timings of Bhubaneswar- Howrah Dhauli Express at Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Balasore and Kharagpur has changed.
  • The arrival timings for New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express in Bhubaneswar is changed to 5.35 pm instead of 5.50 pm.
  • Howrah-Chennai Mail, which is leaving Howrah at 11.30 pm, will leave Howrah at 11.45 pm.
  • New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Orissa Sampark Kranti Express will arrive Bhubaneswar one-hour-and-ten minutes earlier than its scheduled arrival.
  • Howrah–Puri Weekly Super Fast Express train now leaving Howrah at 9.35 pm will leave Howrah 40 minutes earlier ~ that is ~ at 08.55 pm.
  • Howrah-Vascodagama Amaravati Express, which is leaving Howrah at 11.45 pm, will leave Howrah 15 minutes earlier ~ that is ~ 11.30 pm.
  • Howrah-Bhubaneswar Dhauli Express will arrive Bhubaneswar 10 minutes earlier from its scheduled timing.
  • Bhubaneswar-Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Konark Express and Bhubaneswar-Chennai-Bhubaneswar Weekly Super Fast Train will be augmented with one AC-3 tier and one sleeper coach each from 1 July 2007.

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The site trainyatra.com is a nice site to find train schedules. For example, to find all trains that pass through Bhubaneswar click here and for Puri click here. Looking at both schedule one notices that 35 different trains start from either Bhubaneswar or Puri.