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Thursday, February 16, 2012

PURI-DIGHA NEW TRAIN TO BE INTRODUCED FROM 17TH FEBRUARY


As announced in last Railway Budget and to provide better facilities to the commuters, Railways have decided to introduce a new train between Puri & Digha w.e.f. from 17thFebruary 2012.

On the inaugural run, Digha-Puri-Digha weekly Express will be inaugurated from Digha Station and will run as a special train o­n open fast times towards Puri. However, the regular serviceof 22878/22877 Puri-Digha-PuriExpress will commence from Puri  w.e.f. 22nd Feb’12 & from Digha w.e.f. 23rd Feb’2012.

22878/22877 Puri-Digha-Puri Weekly Superfast Express will leave Puri at 23.35hrs o­n every Wednesday w.e.f. 22nd Feb’2012 and will arrive at Digha at 09.30hrs o­n the next days. In the return direction, this train will leave Digha at 17.15hrs o­n every Thursday w.e.f. 23rd Feb’2012 and will arrive at Puri at 03.20hrs o­n the following days.

          This train has o­ne AC-2 tier, o­ne AC-3 tier, Five Sleeper Class Coaches, Three General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jaleswar, Kharagpur, Panskura, Tamluk and Kanthi between Puri & Digha.