As announced in the last Railway Budget and with the initiative of Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Ministry of Railways has decided to introduce a new weekly super fast train between Bhubaneswar & Pune. In its inaugural run from Bhubaneswar, this train will run as a special train and will leave Bhubaneswar on 24th February 2011 (Thursday) towards Pune. In the return direction this train will also run as a special train from Pune to Bhubaneswar. The regular service of this train will commence from Bhubaneswar w.e.f. 1st March 2011 and from Pune w.e.f. 3rd March 2011.
12581 Bhubaneswar-Pune Weekly Super Fast will leave Bhubaneswar at 10.15p.m on every Tuesday and will arrive Pune at 05.00a.m on every Thursday. In the return direction, 12582 Pune-Bhubaneswar Weekly Super Fast will leave Pune at 11.15a.m on every Thursday and will arrive Bhubaneswar at 05.35p.m on every Friday.
This train has one AC-2 tier, one AC-3 tier, 08 Sleeper Classes, 04 General Second Class and 02 Guard-Cum-Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Vizianagaram, Duvvada, Vijayawada, Guntur, Nalgonda, Secunderabad, Wadi and Solapur between Bhubaneswar and Pune.