Two special trains from Odisha regularised
Indian Railways has approved the regularisation of Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad and Puri-Patna special trains. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has informed Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi about the development.
“Kindly refer to our discussion regarding regularisation of special trains for public convenience. You would be pleased to know that regularisation of the two special trains have been approved,” Vaishnaw said in a letter to the Chief Minister. Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Special (02832/02831) will now run as Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Express (18403/18404) and Puri-Patna Special (08439/08440) will now run as Puri-Patna Express (18405/18406).
The daily Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Express will depart Bhubaneswar at 8.25 pm and reach Dhanbad at 11 am the next day. Its return journey will commence at 4 pm and the train would arrive at Bhubaneswar at 7.45 am the next day. The Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Express will halt at Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Talcher Road, Angul, Rairakhol, Sambalpur city, Jharsuguda and Rourkela in Odisha.
The weekly Puri-Patna Express will leave the coastal pilgrim town at 2.55 pm on Saturdays and reach the Bihar capital at 10.45 am the next day. In its return journey, the train would leave Patna at 1.30 pm on Sundays and reach Puri at 9.45 am the next day. It would halt at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur, Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak and Balasore in Odisha.
