Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express - Train

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The 22201 / 02 Sealdah Puri Duronto Express is a Superfast Express express train of the Duronto Express category belonging to Indian Railways - Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah and Puri in India.

This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (May 2014)

Sealdah Puri Duronto Express
Overview
Service type	Superfast Express, Duronto Express
First service	12 February 2012
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railways
Route
Termini	Sealdah Puri
Stops	2
Distance travelled	522 km (324 mi)
Average journey time	08 hours 00 minutes as 22201 Sealdah Puri Duronto Express, 08 hours 15 minutes as 22202 Puri Sealdah Duronto Express
Service frequency	3 days a week. 22201 Sealdah Puri Duronto Express – Monday, Wednesday & Friday. 22202 Puri Sealdah Duronto Express – Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday.
Train number(s)	22201 / 22202
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry Car attached
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph) maximum ,64.25 km/h (40 mph), including halts

It operates as train number 22201 from Sealdah to Puri and as train number 22202 in the reverse direction serving the states of West Bengal & Odisha.

Coaches

The 22201 / 02 Sealdah Puri Duronto Express presently has 1 AC First Class, 1 AC 2 tier, 4 AC 3 tier, 8 Sleeper Class & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It carries a Pantry car coach.

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 22201 Sealdah Puri Duronto Express covers the distance of 522 kilometres in 08 hours 00 mins (65.25 km/hr) & in 08 hours 15 mins as 22202 Puri Sealdah Duronto Express (63.27 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/h (34 mph), as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a superfast surcharge.

Time Table

Station Code	Station Name	Arrival	Departure
SDAH	Sealdah		20:00
KGP	Kharagpur Junction	22:10	22:15
BBS	Bhubaneswar	02:55	03:00
PURI	Puri	03:55

Loco link

As the route is fully electrified, it is powered by a Howrah based WAP 7/WAP 5 for its entire journey.

Timings

22201 Sealdah Puri Duronto Express leaves Sealdah every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 20:00 hrs IST and reaches Puri at 04:00 hrs IST the next day.

22202 Puri Sealdah Duronto Express leaves Puri every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 19:45 hrs IST and reaches Sealdah at 04:00 hrs IST the next day.

References

"DURONTO TRAIN LIST". indianrail.gov.in. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"'Tatkal' extended to Duronto trains, Aadhaar approved as ID proof | DeshGujarat". deshgujarat.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"SEALDAH - PURI DURONTO STARTS, BATTLES WITH EMU & BLASTS THROUGH BNXR - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"East Coast Railway". eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"IRFCA - The Indian Railways Fan Club Photo Gallery - Inaugural Run of Sealdah Puri Duranto". irfca.org. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"Sealdah-Puri Duronto Express on its inaugural run with HWH WAP-4 22405 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". flickr.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
Firstpost. "PURI SEALDAH DURONTO EXPRESS FIRST AC INTERIOR - New Delhi Videos : Firstpost Topic - Page 1". firstpost.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

External links

"Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry". indianrail.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
"IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System". irctc.co.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
"[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet". irfca.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Howrah–Delhi main line
Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line
Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line
Howrah–Chennai main line
Sahibganj loop
Grand Chord
Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line
Barauni–Guwahati line
Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Mughalsarai section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Kothavalasa–Kirandul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Calcutta Chord link line Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Bardhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line Kolkata Circular Railway New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah Main and North section Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Kolkata Metro
Kolkata Suburban Railway
Kolkata Circular Railway

Monorail

Kolkata Monorail
Patna Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Mughalsarai Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam
Braithwaite & Co.
Burn Standard Company
Bharat Wagon and Engineering
Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Railway companies

East Indian Railway Company
Bengal Nagpur Railway
Indian Branch Railway Company
Indian Railways
Martin's Light Railways

v t e Duronto Express
Operational	Mumbai Central–Hapa Pune-Ahmedabad Mumbai LTT–Allahabad Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Chennai Central–Madurai Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Jammu Tawi Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Ernakulam Pune–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–New Delhi Howrah–Yeshvantapur Mumbai CST–Howrah Howrah–Pune Mumbai Central–Indore Mumbai Central–Jaipur Mumbai Central–New Delhi Mumbai CST–Nagpur Patna–Kolkata Sealdah–Bikaner Sealdah–Puri Secunderabad–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Secunderabad Yeshvantapur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad
Defunct	Ajmer–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–Puri Chennai–Coimbatore Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram Amritsar–Chandigarh Lucknow–New Delhi Howrah–Digha Allahabad–New Delhi Chennai–Madurai