EW TRAIN BETWEEN KHARAGPUR & VILLUPURAM TO BE INTRODUCED FROM 17TH FEBRUARY

Bhubaneswar, 16^th Feb’2012:

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 17^th February 2012.

On the inaugural run, Kharagpur-Villupuram-Kharagpur weekly 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. 20^th Feb’12 & from Kharagpur w.e.f. 22^nd Feb’2012.

          22604/22603 Villupuram-Kharagpur-Villupuram Weekly Superfast Express will leave Villupuram at 10.40hrs on every Monday w.e.f. 20^thFeb’2012 and will arrive at Kharagpur at 19.30hrs on the next days. In the return direction, this train will leave Kharagpur at 14.10hrs on every Wednesday w.e.f. 22^ndFeb’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.