Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off the Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express via video conferencing. The train will significantly cut down the travel time between Kolkata and Puri, the abode of Lord Jagannath, and will cover the 500 km distance between Howrah and Puri in around six and a half hours. Regular run of the 22895/22896 Howrah-Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express will commence from May 20.
The Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express will run six days a week, except Thursdays. The train, with 16 coaches, will stop at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Khurda Road. This is the second Vande Bharat Express that West Bengal is getting after the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express.
