PURI-SAI NAGAR SHIRDI EXPRESS TO BE FLAGGED OFF

Bhubaneswar ( Odisha Samachar Bureau ) -  As announced in last Railway Budget for running of a weekly Express train between Puri & Sai Nagar Shirdi, East Coast Railway has decided to introduce a new train from 10^thAugust 2013.

18407 Puri-Sai Nagar Shirdi weekly Express will leave Puri at 2215hrs o­n every Friday w.e.f. 16^th August 2013 and will arrive at Sai Nagar Shirdi at 0825hrs o­n every Sundays. In the return direction, 18408 Sai Nagar Shirdi-Puri weekly Express will leave Sai Nagar Shirdi at 1300hrs o­n every Sunday w.e.f. 18^th August 2013 and will arrive at Puri at 2300hrs o­n every Monday.

This train has One-AC 2 tier, Three-AC 3 tiers, Nine-Sleeper Classes, Six-General Second Classes, Two-Guard cum Luggage Vans and One-Pantry Car in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Mancheswar, Dhenkanal, Talcher Road, Angul, Boinda, Sambalpur, Bargarh Road, Bolangir, Titilagarh, Kantabanji, Khariar Road, Mahasamund, Raipur, Durg, Gondia, Nagpur, Wardha, Badnera, Akola, Bhusaval, Manmad and Kopergaon between Puri and Sai Nagar Shirdi.

         However, on the inaugural run, this train will leave Puri at 1115hrs on 10^th August 2013 and will arrive at Sai Nagar Shirdi at 1500hrs on 11^th August 2013. In the return direction, this train will leave Sai Nagar Shirdi at 1600hrs on 11^th August 2013 and will arrive at Puri at 2300hrs on 12^th August 2013.