Service type Superfast Current operator(s) East Coast Railway Stops 27 | First service 1993 Start Puri | |
Locale Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar Uttar Pradesh & Delhi | ||
Purushottam Express is a daily train which runs between Puri in Odisha and New Delhi.
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Route
Khurda Road Jn., Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Bokaro Steel City, Gaya, Mughalsarai, Allahabad, Kanpur Central and Ghaziabad.
Accident
Purushottam Express is involved in the deadly rail accident on 20 August 1995 it collided to stationary Kalindi Express near Firozabad on the Delhi-Kanpur section of India's Northern Railway, at 02:55am. This Firozabad rail disaster is considered as second most deadliest rail accident in Indian rail history with 358 people died (official list), however local people involved in rescue operation claim that the death toll is more than, Delhi. The first train, the "Kalindi Express" from Kanpur struck a cow but was unable to proceed as its brakes were damaged. It was then struck from behind at a speed of 100 kmph by the Purushottam Express from Puri. Three carriages of the Kalindi express were destroyed, the engine and front two carriages of the Puri train were derailed. Most of the 2200 passengers aboard the two trains were asleep at the time of the accident.
Rakes
The Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express was the first train to have a Braille-embedded coach. The train now uses LHB Coaches since December 2013.