Service type Sampark Kranti Express Start Bhubaneswar End New Delhi | Current operator(s) East Coast Railway Stops 11 | |
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Locale Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi | ||
Odisha Sampark Kranti Express is a bi-weekly train which runs between Bhubaneswar,Capital of Odisha and Anand Vihar Terminal. This train was introduced as part of the Sampark Kranti trains that were announced by the then railway minister Nitish Kumar in 2005. It was & still is a bi-weekly train. Now there is a requirement of attaching AC First class berths to this train. Earlier the train used to terminate at New Delhi railway station (NDLS) but now terminates at Anand Vihar Terminus (ANVT) of New Delhi. It's rakes are maintained by East Coast Railway (ECoR).
Contents
Rake Composition
This train consists of 1 AC 2-tier coache, 4 no.s AC 3-tier coaches, 11 no.s of sleeper coaches, 5 no.s of general coaches,1 pantry car and 2 SLR coaches and hence making it a 24 coach train.
Loco Link
As the route is fully electrified. this train gets a WAP-4 or WAP-7 locomotive of Ghaziabad shed end to end.
Time Table
From Bhubaneswar to New Delhi- 12819. The train starts from Bhubaneswar every Wednesday and Sunday
From New Delhi to Bhubaneswar - 12820. The train starts from New Delhi every Tuesday and Friday.