As announced in last Railway Budget for running of a weekly Superfast express train between Howrah & Mysore and to provide better facilities to the commuters, Railways have introduced a new weekly Superfast express train between the two cities.
The regular service of 22817/22818 Howrah-Mysore-Howrah Weekly Superfast Express will commence from Howrah w.e.f. 24th Feb’12 & from Mysore w.e.f. 27thFeb’2012.
22817/22818 Howrah-Mysore-Howrah Weekly Superfast Express will leave Howrahat 16.10hrs on every Friday w.e.f. 24th Feb’2012 and will arrive at Mysore at 05.00hrs on Sundays. In the return direction, this train will leave Mysore at 00.30hrs on every Monday w.e.f. 27thFeb’2012 (mid night of Sunday) and will arrive at Howrah at 14.50hrs on Tuesdays.
This train has one AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tier, Seven Sleeper Class Coaches, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Kharagpur, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Katpadi between Howrah & Mysore.