The Ministry of Railways has decided to introduce a Santragachhi-Chennai Central weekly Antyodaya Express from June 4.
It will be introduced from Howrah and will run as a special train from Howrah towards Chennai. However, the regular run of Santragachhi-Chennai Central-Santragachhi Antyodaya Express will commence from Chennai on every Wednesday from June 6 and from Santragachhi on every Monday from June 11.
The train will leave Santragachhi every Monday and will arrive at Chennai Central the following day.
In the return direction, the train will leave Chennai Central on every Wednesday and will reach at Santragachhi on every Thursday.
This train has 16 second class seating coaches and two guard cum generator car in its composition having stoppages at Bhadrak, Jajpur, Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Balugaon, Chhatrapur, Brahmapur, Sompeta, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and Duvvada in East Coast Railway jurisdiction between Santragachhi and Chennai Central from both the directions.