Sambalpur-Howrah via Angul weekly express to commence from Dec 11th 2010
KGP...Lakshannath Rd - Bhadrakh, Railway Budget 2010, Rajathagara - Nergundi, Sambalpur - Talcher, Time table and websites December 3rd. 2010, 3:55pmFollowing is an excerpt from http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=22808.
As announced in the last Railway Budget, Ministry of Railways has decided to introduce three new trains in East Coast Railway jurisdiction. Puri-Howrah-Puri daily Duronto Express will be introduced from 7th December 2010; Sambalpur-Howrah-Sambalpur weekly Express from 10th December & Puri-Digha-Puri weekly express will be introduced from 11th December 2010.
2278 Puri-Horah Duronto Super Fast Express will leave Puri at 06.45a.m and will arrive at Howrah at 01.45p.m. In the return direction, 2277 Howrah-Puri Duronto Super Fast Express will leave Howrah at 02.25p.m and will arrive at Puri at 09.40p.m. This train has One AC Chair Car, 11 Second Class Chair Car and Two Guard vans having no intermediate stoppage.
2586 Sambalpur-Howrah weekly Super Fast express via Angul & Bhadrak will leave Sambalpur at 07.55p.m. on Fridays and will arrive at Howrah at 07.05a.m. on the next days. Similarly, in the return direction, 2585 Howrah-Sambalpur weekly Super Fast express via Bhadrak and Angul will leave Howrah at 08.55p.m on Saturdays and will arrive at Sambalpur at 08.10a.m. on the following days. This train has One AC-2 tier, One AC-3 tier, Six Sleeper Classes, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Rairakhol, Boinda, Angul, Talcher Road, Dhenkanal, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore and Kharagpur between Sambalpur and Howrah.
2580 Puri-Digha weekly Super Fast express will leave Puri at 11.35p.m on Saturdays and will arrive at Digha at 09.30a.m on the next days. In the return direction, 2579 Digha Puri weekly Super Fast express will leave Digha at 05.15p.m. on Sundays and will arrive Puri at 03.20a.m. on the following days. This train has One AC-2 tier, One AC-3 tier, Eight Sleeper Classes, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kharagpur, Panskura, Tamluk and Kanthi between Puri & Digha. But presently this train will have One AC-2 tier, One AC-3 tier, Five Sleeper Classes, Three General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage vans in its composition.
I am expecting the Sambalpur-Howrah via Angul weekly express to be made daily in the coming years as it newly connects Sambalpur, Angul,Talcher and Dhenkanal to Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore and Kharagpur and Angul,Talcher and Dhenkanal to Howrah.
December 4th, 2010 at 11:31 am
What about the Shalimar-Baripada Express. It was supposed to start by End of August 2010. There is no news about this.
December 6th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
What purpose does a train such as Duronto serve? It would have made better sense to have a Duronto train from Kolkata to Bhubaneswar as this would have been useful for business travellers. This suggestion is considering that Duronto is a viable transport idea, which unfortunately it is not!
December 6th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Although I am personally not happy about this Duranto, it is meant for Howrah-Puri traffic and apparently there is a huge demand for this. This is despite 3 daily trains and more. In regards to it not stopping in Bhubaneswar, I was initially a bit upset about it but noticed that from Howrah side there are two trains (Janshatabdi and Coromondal) within 30-40 minutes of this train that one can take to Bhubaneswar. In the reverse direction there is Janshatabdi and East Coast within 1-2 hrs before this Duranto.
December 9th, 2010 at 12:39 am
we are not going to accept these bengal based politics
better introduce an another duronto between rourkela and bhubaneswar and bhubaneswar siyalda