As announced in its Budget, the Ministry of Railways has decided to introduce a biweekly Santragachhi- Chennai AC Express from January 15.
The Santragachhi-Chennai Central bi-weekly AC Express will leave Santragachhi (Kolkata) at 7 pm every Tuesday and Friday and arrive at Chennai Central at 10.45 pm every Wednesday and Saturday. While returning, the Chennai Central-Santragachhi AC Express will leave Chennai Central at 7.45 am every Thursday and Sunday and arrive at Santragachhi at 10.25 am every Friday and Monday, a Press release by the East Coast Railways said.
This train has one AC first class, four AC-2 tiers, 10 AC-3 tiers, two guard-cum-generator van and one pantry car. The train has stoppages at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Ongole, Nellore and Gudur on its route.