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

Bhubaneswar, 16^th Feb’2012:

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 17^th February 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 service of 22878/22877 Puri-Digha-Puri Express will commence from Puri  w.e.f. 22^nd Feb’12 & from Digha w.e.f. 23^rd Feb’2012.

          22878/22877 Puri-Digha-Puri Weekly Superfast Express will leave Puri at 23.35hrs on every Wednesday w.e.f. 22^nd 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. 23^rd 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.