In a bid to provide comfortable journey to passengers during Xmas and winter season and avoid heavy rush in regular trains towards western part of the country, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has firmed up to run a pair of special train (six trips) from Puri to Ahmedabad via Brahmapur, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam. The train will provide facility to the working class people of Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh to go to their working places in Gujarat and central and western part of the country. The 08401 Puri-Ahmedabad Special train will leave Puri at 8.55 am on every Tuesday from December 24 to January 28 next and arrive at Ahmedabad at 3.30 am on the next Thursday. In return direction, the 08402 Ahmedabad-Puri Special train will depart Ahmedabad at 6 pm on every Thursday and reach Puri at 10.45am on Saturday from December 26 to January 30 next.
The train will have stops at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Chhatrapur and Brahmapur in Odisha.