In view of demands and to clear extra rush of passengers in regular trains towards Bangalore, East Coast Railway has decided to extended the services of 08469/08470 Puri-Bangalore-Puri weekly Garib Rath Special train up to 25th March from Puri and up to 26th March from Bangalore.
08469 Puri-Bangalore Garib Rath weekly special train leaving Puri on every Friday at 02.30p.m and arriving at Bangalore at 10.45p.m on the next day has been extended to run up to 25th March 2011 from Bhubaneswar. In the return direction, 08470 Bangalore-Puri Garib Rath weekly special train leaving Bangalore on every Saturday at 11.55p.m and arriving at Bhubaneswar at 05.50a.m on every Monday has been extended to run up to 26th March 2011 from Bangalore.
This train has 15 Garib Rath AC-3 tiers and two Guard cum Generator Car Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Duvvada, Vijayawada, Guntur, Donakonda, Markapur, Nandyal, Dronachalam, Dharmavaram, SSP Nilayam, Hindupur, Yelahanka and Bangalore Cantonment between Puri and Bangalore.