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Monday, February 13, 2012

SEALDAH-PURI DURONTO TO BE INTRODUCED


As announced in last Railway Budget and with an aim to provide more passengers comfort to the commuters, Railways have decided to introduce a new tri-weekly Duronto Express between Sealdah and Puriw.e.f. 12th February 2012. o­n the inaugural day, this train will run as a special train from Sealdah to Puri o­n open fast timings. However, the regular service of this train will commence w.e.f. 14th February 2012 from Puri and w.e.f. 15thFeb’2012 from Sealdah as per scheduled timings.

 22202 Puri-Sealdah Duronto tri-weekly Express will leave Puri o­n every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 19.50hrs and will arrive at Sealdah at 04.00hrs o­n the next day’s w.e.f. 14th February 2012. In the return direction, 22201 Sealdah-Puri tri-weekly Duronto Express will leave Sealdah o­n every Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 20.00hrs and will arrive at Puri at 04.00hrs o­n the next day’s w.e.f. 15th February 2012.

This train will have o­ne AC-2 tier, 04 AC-3 tiers, 07 Sleeper Classes and 02 Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having no commercial stoppage en-route.