Purushottam Express

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Purushottam Express
Overview
Service type Express
Locale Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service2 July 1993;30 years ago (1993-07-02)
Current operator(s) East Coast Railways
Route
Termini Puri (PURI)
New Delhi (NDLS)
Stops29
Distance travelled1,859 km (1,155 mi)
Average journey time30 Hours 05 Mins as 12801 30 Hours 45 Mins as 12802
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)12801 / 12802
On-board services
Class(es) AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesAvailable
Observation facilitiesLarge windows
Technical
Rolling stock LHB coach
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed60 km/h (37 mph) average including halts

The 12801 / 12802 Purushottam Express is a daily train which runs between Puri in Odisha and New Delhi. It is one of the most highly demanded train between Puri to New Delhi. The train is of Superfast category and passes through states of Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh. It was the first train in India to have a Braille-embedded coach for blind passengers.

Contents

On 2nd November 2021, 1 AC First Class coach added to Purushottam Express. [1] After which, It became the 1st Delhi-Odisha Superfast Train to have dedicated 1 AC Coach.

Timetable

From Puri to New Delhi- 12801. The train starts from Puri every day

Station codeStation nameArrivalDeparture
PURIPuri Terminus--21:55
KURKhurda Road Jn22:3522:40
BBS Bhubaneswar 23:0023:05
CTCCuttack23:3523:40
JJKRJajpur Keonjhar Road00:3100:33
BHC Bhadrak 01:2301:25
BLSBalasore02:0502:10
HIJHijili Jn.03:4503:55
GTSGhatsila05:0805:10
TATA Tatanagar 06:2206:32
PRRPurulia Jn08:2308:25
BKSCBokaro Steel City09:4509:50
GMONSC Bose Gomoh Jn10:5010:55
PNMEParasnath11:0811:10
HZDHazaribagh Road11:3011:32
KQRKoderma12:0012:02
PRPPaharpur12:3612:38
GAYA Gaya Jn 13:4313:48
AUBR Anugraha Narayan Road 14:2614:28
DOSDehri On Sone14:4114:43
SSMSasaram14:5614:58
BBUBhabua Road15:2815:30
DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Jn16:5017:00
CARChunar Jn17:3817:40
MZPMirzapur18:0318:05
ALDPrayagraj Jn19:2019:30
FTPFatehpur20:3820:40
CNB Kanpur Central 21:5522:00
GZBGhaziabad03:1803:20
NDLS New Delhi 04:00--

From New Delhi to Puri – 12802. The train starts from New Delhi every day.

Station codeStation nameArrivalDeparture
NDLS New Delhi --22:40
CNBKanpur Central04:0004:05
FTPFatehpur05:0005:02
ALDPrayagraj Jn06:5507:00
MZPMirzapur08:1008:12
CARChunar Jn08:3508:37
DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Jn09:5010:00
BBUBhabua Road Jn10:3510:37
SSMSasaram11:0511:07
DOSDehri On Sone11:2111:23
AUBR Anugraha Narayan Road 11:3811:40
GAYAGaya Jn12:3512:40
PRPPaharpur13:2113:23
KQRKoderma Jn13:5814:00
HZDHazaribagh Road13:2814:30
PNMEParasnath14:4814:50
GMONSC Bose Gomoh Jn15:2515:30
CRPChandrapura15:4815:50
BKSCBokaro Steel City Jn16:3016:35
PRRPurulia Jn17:5017:52
TATA Tatanagar Jn 19:5820:08
GTSGhatsila20:4820:50
HIJHijili Jn22:4522:55
BLSBalasore00:1500:20
BHC Bhadrak 01:1601:18
JJKRJajpur Keonjhar Road01:5301:55
CTC Cuttack Jn02:5002:55
BBS Bhubaneswar 03:3003:35
KURKhurda Road Jn03:5504:00
PURIPuri Terminus05:25--

Coaches

The train consists of 20 LHB coach which includes :-

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Traction

It is hauled by a Tughlakabad or Ghaziabad-based WAP-7 HOG equipped electric locomotive on its entire journey.

1995 Crash

The Firozabad rail collision occurred on 20 August 1995 near Firozabad on the Delhi-Kanpur section of India's Northern Railway, at 02:55 a.m. when a passenger train collided with a train which had stopped after hitting a nilgai, killing at least 358 people.

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References

  1. @eastcoastrail (31 August 2021). "@RailMinIndia 02801/02802 Puri-New Delhi-Puri Purusottam Spl from Puri w.e.f. 02.11.2021 and from NDLS w.e.f. 04.11.2021 will be augmented with One AC First Class. @DRMKhurdaRoad @drmkgp @RailwayNorthern @ECRlyHJP @CPRONCR @serailwaykol" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 September 2021 via Twitter.