Service type Superfast Start Puri | Current operator(s) Western Railway | |
Locale Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat First service 14 November 2011; 5 years ago (2011-11-14) Stops 23 halts between Puri and Gandhidham | ||
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Puri-Gandhidham Express is a super fast rail service between Puri,Odisha and Gandhidham,Gujarat.This train was announced in the 2011 rail budget and started service on 14-Nov,2011.This train (12993) leaves Gandhidham at 22:45 every Friday and reaches Puri at 16:10 every Sunday and again this train (12994) leaves Puri at 19:45 every Monday and reaches Gandhidham at 13:00 every Wednesday
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Recently in its bid to provide comfortable journey to the commuters, Ministry of Railways have decided to introduce a new weekly Express Train between Puri and Gandhidham.On the inaugural run, this train will leave from Gandhidham on 8 October 2014. However, from Puri, this train will leave on every Saturday (11 October 2014). Gandhidham-Puri Weekly Express Train (19453) will leave Gandhidham at 22:00hrs on every Wednesday and will reach Puri at 19:20hrs on every Friday. In the return direction, Puri-Gandhidham weekly Express (19454) will leave from Puri at 10:30hrs on every Saturday and will reach Gandhidham at 06:40hrs on every Monday.
Traction
From Gandhidham to Ahmedabad, a Vatva based WDM-3A hauls the train after which a Vadodara based WAP-4E hauls the train until Raipur after which a Visakhapatnam based WDM-3A locomotive hauls the train until Puri.