Amid the successful trial run of the Vande Bharat express train on the Howrah-Puri route on Friday, the Odisha government demanded the introduction of more semi-high speed trains on Bhubaneswar-Hyderabad, Puri-Raipur and Puri-Howrah routes.
A Railway official said the trial run of the train commenced from Howrah station in West Bengal at 6.10 am and it reached Puri in a little over six hours.
The train will begin its return journey from Puri at 1.50 pm and reach Howrah at 8.30 pm.
