In order to provide comfortable journey to the commuters and avoid rush in regular trains, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi Express trains daily instead of earlier six days in a week.
The Shatabdi Express on Wednesdays and Jan Shatabdi Express on Sundays will run as special trains till June 1 andMay 29 respectively.
The Puri-Howrah Shatabdi special train will leave Puri on every Wednesday and will reach at Howrah the same day between May 11 and June 1. In the return direction, the train will leave Howrah on every Wednesday and will arrive at Puri the same day during the period.
The Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi train will leave Bhubaneswarat on every Sunday and will reach at Howrah the same day between May 8 and 29. In the return direction, the train will leave Howrah on every Sunday and will arrive at Bhubaneswar the same day during the period.