Jharsuguda – Bhubaneswar – Jharsuguda Rajya Rani Exp and Puri – Gandhidham – Puri Exp started service.

As announced in last Railway Budget, Ministry of Railway has started the service of Jharsuguda-Bhubaneswar-Jharsuguda Rajya Rani Express o­n 13thNovember & Gandhidham-Puri-Gandhidham Express o­n 12th November 2011.

18418/18417 Bhubaneswar-Jharsuguda-Bhubaneswar Rajya Rani tri-weekly Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 23.05hrs o­n every Monday, Thursday & Saturdays w.e.f. 14th November 2011 and will arrive Jharsuguda at 06.30hrs o­n the next day. In the return direction, this train will leave Jharsuguda at 23.05hrs o­n every Tuesday, Friday & Sunday.

This train will stop at Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Talcher Road, Angul, Sambalpur City and Rengali between Bhubaneswar & Jharsuguda having composition with o­ne AC-2 tier, o­ne AC-3 tier, Six Sleeper Classes, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans.

12994/12993 Puri-Gandhidham-Puri Weekly Express will leave Puri at 19.50hrs o­n every Monday and will arrive at Gandhidham at 13.20hrs o­n every Wednesday. In the return direction, this train will leave Gandhidham at 22.45hrs o­n every Friday and will arrive at Puri at 16.15hrs o­n every Sunday.

This train will have o­ne AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tier, Six Sleeper Classes, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Talcher Road, Angul, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Titlagarh, Kantabanji, Khariar Road, Raipur, Durg, Gondia, Nagpur, Bhusaval, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmadabad, Dhangadhra, Samakhiali and Bhachau between Puri & Gandhidham.