Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Train To Be Launched This Month
NDTV
PM Modi will flag off the Vande Bharat train connecting Howrah station with Puri this month, once the trial runs are over.
The semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express is set to connect the temple town of Puri in Odisha with Kolkata. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the train connecting Howrah station with Puri this month, once the trial runs are over.
This will be the second Vande Bharat train for West Bengal and the first for Odisha. The first for West Bengal linking Howrah with New Jalpaiguri was launched last December.
Another Vande Bharat train, linking Patna with Ranchi, is set to be unveiled soon.
The train from Howrah is likely to depart in the morning and reach Puri in the afternoon with halts at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, and Khurda. It will return the same afternoon and reach Howrah late in the evening.
