As announced in last Railway Budget for running of a weekly express train between Kharagpur & Villupuram and to provide better facilities to the commuters, Railways have decided to introduce a new train between Kharagpur & Villupuram w.e.f. from 17thFebruary 2012.
On the inaugural run, Kharagpur-Villupuram-Kharagpurweekly Express will be inaugurated from Kharagpur Station and will run as a special train on open fast times towards Villupuram. However, the regular service of 22604/22603 Villupuram-Kharagpur-Villupuram Express will commence from Villupuram w.e.f. 20th Feb’12 & from Kharagpur w.e.f. 22nd Feb’2012.
22604/22603 Villupuram-Kharagpur-Villupuram Weekly Superfast Express will leave Villupuramat 10.40hrs on every Monday w.e.f. 20thFeb’2012 and will arrive at Kharagpur at 19.30hrs on the next days. In the return direction, this train will leave Kharagpurat 14.10hrs on every Wednesday w.e.f. 22ndFeb’2012 and will arrive at Villupuram at 23.00hrs on the following days.
This train has one AC-2 tier, one AC-3 tier, Six Sleeper Class Coaches, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Brahmapur, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Balasore and Belda between Villupuram & Kharagpur.