To avoid rush in regular trains, the East Coast Railway has decided to run Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi Special trains from Puri and Bhubaneswar to Howrah between June 5 to June 29.
According to an official release, the Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Special train would leave Puri at 0545hrs on every Wednesday and reach Howrah at 1340hrs on the same day and, in the return direction, the Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Special train would leave Howrah at 1425hrs and arrive at Puri at 2200hrs on the same day between June 8 and June 29.
Similarly, the Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Special train will leave Bhubaneswar at 0600hrs on every Sunday and reach at Howrah at 1240hrs on the same day and in the return direction, the Howrah-Bhubaneswar Jan Shatabdi Special train will leave Howrah at 1325hrs and arrive at Bhubaneswar at 2010hrs between June 5 and June 26.