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Title - RAIL NEWS CENTER: PURI-YESVANTPUR GARIB RATH EXPRESS INAUGURATED
Posted by : irmafia on Jul 28, 2012 - 00:20:09 AM

PURI-YESVANTPUR GARIB RATH EXPRESS INAUGURATED
As announced in last Railway Budget for running of a weekly super fast Garib Rath Express between Puri & Yesvantpur (Bengaluru), East Coast Railway has introduced a new train from 20th July 2012.

On the inaugural run, Shri Maheswar Mohanty, Hon’ble Minister for Panchayati Raj, Govt. of Odisha flagged off of Puri-Yesvantpur-Puri Garib Rath Express at Puri Railway station o­n 20th July 2012.

22883 Puri-Yesvantpurweekly Garib Rath Express will leave Puri at 14.45hrs o­n every Friday w.e.f. 20th July 2012 and will arrive at Yesvantpur at 20.00hrs o­n the next days. In the return direction, 22884 Yesvantpur-Puri weekly Garib Rath Express will leave Yesvantpurat 22.40hrs o­n every Saturday w.e.f. 21st July 2012 and will arrive at Puri at 05.55hrs o­n every Monday.

Railways have announced for introduction of Puri-Chennai-Puri weekly super fast express from Puri Station which has been scheduled to leave Puri from 22nd July 2012 from Puri Station o­n this occasion.

22859 Puri-Chennai Central weekly Superfast Express will leave Puri at 17.30hrs o­n every Sunday w.e.f. 22nd July 2012 and will arrive at Chennai at 14.55hrs o­n the next days. In the return direction, 22860 Chennai Central-Puri weekly Superfast Express will leave Chennai Central at 16.15hrs o­n every Monday w.e.f. 23rd July 2012 and will arrive at Puri at 15.05hrs o­n the following days.

Among others, Shri S.K.Mohanty, Divisional Railway Manager, Khurda Road and other senior officers from Khurda Road Division and ECoR headquarters were present o­n this occasion.