Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways has decided to run two pairs of weekly special trains through East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction. While one train will run from Puri to Indore, the other is from Howrah to Kanyakumari.
The Indore-Puri Special will leave Indore at 1500hrs on every Tuesday from March 23 and arrive at Puri at 1845hrs the following day. In the return direction, the train will leave Puri at 0030hrs every Thursday from March 25 and reach Indore at 0540hrs next day.
This train having AC 3-tier and sleeper class coaches will have stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Angul, Sambalpur City, Jharsuguda Road in ECoR jurisdiction.
The Kanyakumari-Howrah Special will leave Kanyakumari at 0530hrs every Saturday from April 3 and arrive at Howrah at 2355hrs the following day. In the return direction, it will leave Howrah at 1625hrs every Monday from April 5 and reach Kanyakumari at 1015hrs hrs next second day.
The train will have stoppages at Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Visakhapatnam in ECoR jurisdiction.