Puri Howrah Shatabdi Express is a Shatabdi Express category type of service belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between Puri and Howrah in India. It will be restored.

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Puri Howrah Shatabdi Express

Overview
Service type	Shatabdi Express
First service	February 8, 2013; 9 years ago (2013-02-08)
Current operator(s)	East Coast Railway zone
Route
Termini	Puri Howrah
Stops	5
Distance travelled	502 km (312 mi)
Average journey time	07 hours 10 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12277 / 12278
On-board services
Class(es)	Executive Class, AC Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Auto-rack arrangements	No
Catering facilities	Yes
Observation facilities	Large windows, reading lights
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	68 km/h (42 mph), including halts
Route map

It operated as train number 12278 from Puri to Howrah and as train number 12277 in the reverse direction serving the states of Odisha & West Bengal. It was pulled by WAP P-5 locomotive or Electric Loco Shed, Howrah WAP-7. Rarely by WDG-4 locomotive.

Coaches

The 12278 / 77 Puri Howrah Shatabdi Express presently has 1 AC First Class, 7 AC Chair Car & 2 End on Generator coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach but being a Shatabdi category train, catering is arranged on board the train.

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 12278 / 12277 Puri Howrah Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 502 kilometres in 07 hours 30 mins in both directions.

The average speed of the train is 67 km/hr.

Routeing

The 12278 / 77 Puri Howrah Shatabdi Express runs from Puri via Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore, Kharagpur to Howrah Junction.

Operation

As per information on 4 Aug 2022, wef 2 Oct, 2022,12278 - will leave Puri at 5:45 AM IST and reach Howrah Junction same Day at 13:45 PM 12277 - leave Howrah Junction at 14:15 PM IST and reach Puri on same Day at 21:50 PM IST

Being a Shatabdi class train, it returns to its originating station Puri at the end of the day.

References

• "SHATABDI TRAIN LIST". indianrail.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
• "Shatabdi to replace Howrah-Puri Duronto - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
• "South Eastern Railway". ser.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
• "Puri-Howrah trains to resume Sunday evening - The New Indian Express". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
• "Vizag bears the brunt of ECoR bias - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

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