Thursday, April 18, 2013

NEW TRAIN BETWEEN PURI-BIKANER INTRODUCED


A new train between Puri & Bikaner will be introduced w.e.f. from 24th April 2013 from Puri and w.e.f. 28th April 2013 from Bikaner.

 14710/14709 Puri-Bikaner-Puri Weekly Express will leave Puri at 05.00hrs o­n every Wednesday and will arrive at Bikaner at 22.45hrs o­n the next days. In the return direction, this train will leave Bikaner at 17.15hrs o­n every Sunday and will arrive at Puri at 10.15hrs o­n every Tuesdays.

           This train has O­ne AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tiers, Seven Sleeper Class Coaches, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Talcher Road, Angul, Boinda, Rairakhol and Sambalpur in East Coast Railway jurisdiction. This train will also stop at Jharsuguda, Bilaspur, Anuppur, Shahdol, Katni Murwara, Damoh, Sagour, Ashok Nagar, Guna, Baran, Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Banasthali Niwal, Durgapur, Jaipur, Phulera, Markana, Degana, Nagaur and Nokha between Puri and Bikaner.

However, o­n the inaugural run, Bikaner-Puri weekly Express will be inaugurated from Bikaner Station o­n 18th April 2013 and will run as a special train o­n open fast times towards Puri.