In view of the huge waitlist of passengers during the Durga Puja period, the Railways have taken steps to run three more special trains between Puri and Santragachhi (Kolkata).
A Santragachhi-Puri Special train will leave Santragachhi at 7 pm on October 10 and arrive at Puri at 4.15 am next day. The Puri-Santragachhi Special train will leave Puri at 6.20 pm on October 11 and arrive at Santragachhi at 3.10 am next day.
The second pair special train, Santragachhi-Puri, will leave Santragachhi at 8.30 am on October 13 and arrive at Puri at 5.10 pm the same day. The Puri-Santragachhi Special train will leave Puri at 11 pm on October 13 and arrive at Santragachhi at 8.05 am next day.
The third pair special train, Santragachhi-Puri, will leave Santragachhi at 7 pm on October 17 and arrive at Puri at 4.15 am next day. The Puri-Santragachhi Special train will leave Puri at 5.30 am on October 18 and arrive at Santragachhi at 2.30 pm the same day.
These trains have two AC-3 tiers, eight sleeper classes and four general second classes in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Baleswar and Kharagpur.