To provide comfortable journey during Dussehra season, the East Coast Railway has decided to run special trains towards Pune and Patna from Bhubaneswar for the first time.
The Bhubaneswar-Pune Weekly Premium Special train would leave Bhubaneswar at 10.15 pm on every Sunday between September 21 and November 30 and reach at Pune at 5 am on Tuesdays. Its return train would leave Pune at 11.15 am on every Tuesday between September 23 and December 2 and arrive at Bhubaneswar at 5.35 pm on Wednesdays. This train would have stoppages at Brahmapur, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Secunderabad and Wadi.
Similarly, the Bhubaneswar-Patna weekly special train would leave Bhubaneswar at 3.30 am on every Friday between September 19 and October 3 and will arrive at Patna at 1140hrs on Saturdays. Its return train would leave Patna at 2 pm every Saturday between September 20 and October 4 and arrive at Bhubaneswar at 7 am on Sundays.
This train has stoppages at Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijli, Adra, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul, Mokama and Fathuha.