Vande Bharat Trains

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Vande Bharat Trains operating in Odisha:

• 22895/6 Howrah-Puri VB - Started May 18, 2023 
  
• 20835/6 Puri-Rourkela VB - Started September 24, 2023
  
• 20841/2 Bhubaneswar-Vizag VB - Started March 12, 2024
  

• Tata-Brahmapur VB - Started September 15, 2024
  
• Durg-Vizag VB - Started September 16, 2024
  
• Howrah-Rourkela VB - Started September 15, 2024
  

Others that have been mentioned

• Durg/Raipur --  Bhubaneswar/Puri
  

Other possible routes:

• Durg/Raipur - Bilaspur - Rourkela 
  
• Baripada - Brahmapur
  
• Paradeep - Bhubaneswar - Gunupur
  
• Bhubaneswar - Rayagada 
  

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Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express to start from May 18th 2023.

Following is from https://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/5724017 



With this train Howrah-Puri sector will now have the following regular trains:


Howrah to Puri 

• Vande Bharat (From Howrah) leaving at 6:10 AM and (BBS at 11:24 AM) arriving at 12:35 PM - 6 hrs 25 minutes (MTWFSaSu) 
  
• Dhauli (From Shalimar) leaving at 9:15 AM and (BBS at 4:20 PM) arriving at 6 PM - 8 hr 45 minutes (daily)
  
• Shatabdi (From Howrah) leaving at 2:15 PM and (BBS at 8:25 PM) arriving at 9:50 PM - 7 hrs 35 minutes (daily)
  
• Shri Jagannath Express (From Shalimar) leaving at 7:05 PM and (BBS at 2:15 AM) arriving at 4:30 AM - 9 hrs 25 minutes (daily)
  
• Duronto Express (From Sealdah) leaving at 8:00 PM and (BBS at 2:45 AM) arriving at 3:55 AM - 7hrs 55 minutes (MWF)
  
• SHM Puri Superfast Express (From SHM) leaving at 8:45 PM and (BBS at 3:05 AM) arriving at 5:10 AM - 8 hrs 25 minutes (MWF)
  
• SHM Puri Garib Rath (From SHM) leaving at 8:45 PM and (BBS at 3:05 AM) arriving at 5:10 AM - 8 hrs 25 minutes (T Th)
  
• Howrah Puri Express (From Howrah) leaving at 10:40 PM and (BBS at 5:10 AM) arriving at 7:10 AM - 8 hrs 30 minutes (daily)
  

Puri to Howrah

• Shatabdi (To Howrah) leaving at 5:45 AM (BBS at 6:49 AM) and arriving at 1:45 PM - 8 hrs 35 (daily) 
  
• Dhauli (To Shalimar) leaving at 10:25 AM (BBS at 11:50 AM) and arriving at 7:30 PM - 9 hr 5 minutes (daily)
  
• Vande Bharat (To Howrah) leaving at 1:50 PM (BBS at 2:49 PM) and arriving at 8:30 PM - 6 hrs 40 minutes (MTWFSaSu) 
  
• Duronto Express (To Sealdah) leaving at 7:25 PM (BBS at 8:30 PM) and arriving at 4 AM - 8hrs 35 minutes (MWF)
  
• Puri Howrah Express (To Howrah) leaving at 8:15 PM (BBS at 9:35 PM) and arriving at 4:45 AM - 8 hrs 30 minutes (daily)
  
• Puri SHM Superfast Express (To SHM) leaving at 10:10 PM (BBS at 11:30 PM) and arriving at 6:50 AM - 8 hrs 40 minutes (TuThSa)
  
• Puri SHM Garib Rath (To SHM) leaving at 10:10 PM and (BBS at 11:30 PM) arriving at 6:50 AM - 8 hrs 40 minutes (M W)
  
• Shri Jagannath Express (To Shalimar) leaving at 10:40 PM (BBS at 11:40 PM) and arriving at 8:00 AM - 9 hrs 20 minutes (daily)
  

There are a lot more trains between Bhubaneswar and Howrah.  The only train between Bhubaneswar and Howrah that originates/terminates at Bhubaneswar is the Janshatabdi.

• BBS to Howrah Janshatabdi: Leaving BBS at 6:00 AM and reaching Howrah at 12:40 PM (6hrs 40 minutes)
  
• Howrah to BBS Janshatabdi: Leaving Howrah at 1:25 PM and reaching BBS at 8 PM (6 hrs 35 minutes)
  

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From https://sambadepaper.com/epaperimages/18...185322.jpg

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As per https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/after-va...sha-204583 

Vaishnaw also informed that second Vande Bharat will run in Bhubaneswar and it will connect Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and Rourkela-Sambalpur-Jharsuguga-Angul-Talcher.

See also https://www.financialexpress.com/busines...e=Whatsapp

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Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat initial timings are as follows:

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SER ad on Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat.

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The Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat will be inaugurated on 24th September 2023 (different timings) and will have regular service from 27th September 2023.

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Raipur-Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat is coming soon. Following schedule is from https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=209...1359429954

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The next Vande Bharat trains in Odisha should include:

• Cuttack-Vizag
  
• Sambalpur-Kolkata
  
• Berhampur-Kolkata
  
• Rayagada-Bhubaneswar
  

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As per https://twitter.com/OdishaRail/status/17...7377151044 and https://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/5988399 a Vande Bharat between Bhubaneswar and Vizag is to be flagged off on March 12th, 2024.