East Coast Railway effects major change in train timing from 1st July

The timings of twenty one numbers of trains have been changed and differed from the earlier scheduled time at different stations in East Coast Railway jurisdiction WITH EFFECT FROM 1st July 2012. 

01.22811 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 11.20hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 11.30hrs. This train will arrive Cuttack at 11.47hrs and will leave at 11.49hrs.

02.12819 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Odisha Sampark Kranti Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 15.25hrs instead of it’s existing schedule departure at 15.40hrs. The timings of this train at Cuttack and Jajpur Keonjhar Road have been changed.

03.The timings of 12801 Puri-New Delhi Purusottam Express has been differed at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Jajpur Keonjhar Road.

04.12074 Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Satabdi Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 06.00hrs instead it’s existing scheduled departure at 06.20hrs. The timings of this train at Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road and Bhadrak has been changed.

05.12278 Puri-Howrah Duronto Express will leave Puri at 06.15hrs instead of its existing schedule departure at 06.20hrs.

06.22202 Puri-Sealdah Duronto Express will leave Puri at 19.45hrs instead of its existing schedule departure at 19.50hrs.

07.18410 Puri-Howrah Sri Jagannath Express will leave Puri at 22.30hrs instead of its existing scheduled departure at 22.50hrs. The timings of this train at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road and Bhadrak has been changed.

08.18449 Puri-Patna Baidyanathdham Express, 15639 Puri-Guwahati Express and 18419 Puri-Darbhanga Express will leave Puri at 13.45hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 14.05hrs. The timings of this train at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Jajpur Keonjhar Road has been changed.

09.18416 Puri-Banspani Express and 18414 Puri-Paradeep Express will leave Puri at 06.30hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 06.00hrs. The timings of this train at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack have been changed.

10.12584 Puri-Valsad Express will leave Puri at 05.00hrs instead of its existing schedule departure at 05.25hrs. The timings of this train at Khurda Road and Bhubaneswar have been accelerated.

11.18425 Puri-Durg Express will leave Puri at 17.15hrs instead of its existing schedule time at 17.45hrs. The timings of this train at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack have been accelerated.

12.18304 Puri-Sambalpur Inter City Express will leave Puri at 15.25hrs instead of it’s existing schedule departure at 15.45hrs. The timings of this train at Khurda Road and Bhubaneswar have been accelerated.

13.18108 Koraput-Rourkela Express will leave Koraput at 16.30hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 17.00hrs. The timings of this train has been changed at Rayagada.

14.18006 Koraput-Howrah Samaleswari Express will leave Koraput at 07.00hrs instead of it’s existing schedule departure at 06.45hrs. The timings of this train at Sambalpur have been accelerated.

15.18448 Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express will leave Jagadalpur at 14.30hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 15.30hrs. The timings of this train at Koraput & Rayagada have been accelerated and changed at Vizianagaram and Brahmapur.

16.17479 Puri-Tirupati Express will leave Puri at 12.25hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 13.00hrs. The timings of this train at Khurda Road and Brahmapur have been accelerated.

17.18411 Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Inter City Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 07.00hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 06.35hrs. The timings of this train have been changed at Khurda Road, Brahmapur and Vizianagaram.

18.18463 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Prashanti Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 05.30hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 05.45hrs. The timings of this train at Khurda Road, Brahmapur and Vizianagaram have been accelerated.

However, 18410 Puri-Howrah Jagannath Express passing through Bhubaneswar Station and 12801 Puri-New Delhi Purusottam Express passing through Cuttack Station after midnight will now pass before midnight respectively as per the new Time Table. Therefore, the date of journey of Howrah bound Jagannath Express from Bhubaneswar & New Delhi bound Purusottam Express from Cuttack will be same as in the originating stations. 

EXTENSION OF TRAINS:

18005/18006 Howrah-Koraput-Howrah Samaleswari Express will be extended to Jagadalpur, 18418/18417 Bhubaneswar-Jharsuguda-Bhubaneswar Rajyarani Express will be extended to Rourkela and 58207/58208 Raipur-Kesinga-Raipur passenger will be extended to Bhawanipatna. THE DATE OF EXTENSION OF THESE TRAINS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN DUE COURSE.

INCREASE IN FREQUENCY:

22603/22604 Kharagpur-Villupuram-Kharagpur Express will run twice a week instead of once in a week i.e. on every Wednesday & Friday from Kharagpur and on every Monday & Wednesday from Villupuram from 1st July 2012.

NEW TRAINS:

It has been decided to introduce Shalimar-Chennai-Shalimar weekly superfast w.e.f. 3rd July 2012 from Shalimar and w.e.f. 5th July from Chennai. 22825 Shalimar-Chennai weekly Super Fast Express will leave Shalimar on every Tuesday at 12.20hrs and will arrive at Chennai at 17.00hrs on the next day. In the return direction, 22826 Chennai-Shalimar weekly Super Fast Express will leave Chennai on every Thursday at 16.15hrs and will arrive at Shalimar at 21.30hrs on the next day. This train has One AC-2 tier, 02 AC-3 tiers, 09 Sleeper Classes, 04 General Second Class Coaches and 02 Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppage at Bhadrak, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam in East Coast Railway jurisdiction between Shalimar & Chennai.

Apart from this, One new weekly super fast train between Visakhapatnam & Chennai, One new weekly super fast train between Visakhapatnam & Sai Nagar Shirdi, One new weekly super fast train between Visakhapatnam & Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), One new weekly Garib Rath express train between Puri & Yesvantpur, One new weekly super fast train between Puri & Chennai, One new weekly super fast train between Bhubaneswar & Tirupati, One new daily link express train between Bhubaneswar & Bhawanipatna via Vizianagaram, One new passenger train between Gunupur & Palasa, One new weekly AC express train between Secunderabad & Shalimar, One new weekly express train between Puri & Bikaner, One new tri-weekly express train between Durg & Jagadalpur, One new weekly super fast train between Asansol & Chennai via Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Vizianagaram have also been included in the new Time Table. Introduction of these new trains will be notified in due course.