Bhubaneswar: Railways has converted two special trains running on Puri-Patna and Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad routes into regular trains, ensuring that their services continue like other major trains. These trains will run as Puri-Patna Weekly Express and Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Express.The Puri-Patna Weekly Express (18405) will leave the Odisha city at 2.55pm on Saturday and reach Bihar capital at 11.15am the next day. Similarly, the return train (18406) will start from Patna at 1.20pm on Sunday and reach Puri at 9.45am on Monday.It will have stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak and Balasore in Odisha.Similarly, the Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Daily Express (18403) will leave Bhubaneswar at 8.25pm and reach Dhanbad at 11am the next day. Its pair train (18404) will depart from Dhanbad at 4pm and reach Bhubaneswar at 8.15am the next day.It will have stoppages at Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Talcher Road, Angul, Rairakhol, Sambalpur City, Jharsuguda and Rourkela in Odisha.Recently, the Bhanjpur-Puri special train and Shalimar-Bhanjpur special train were converted into regular trains.
