18419 / 20 Puri–Jaynagar Express is an

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train belonging to

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that runs between and in India.

Service

It operates as train number 18419 from Puri to Jaynagar and as train number 18420 in the reverse direction, serving the states of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

and

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. The train covers the distance of in 23 hours 00 mins approximately at a speed of ().
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Schedule

Coaches

The 18419 / 20 Puri–Jaynagar Express has one AC 2-tier, three AC 3-tier, nine sleeper class, seven general unreserved & two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches. It doesn't carries a pantry car. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

RSA – Rake sharing

22827/22828 –

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Reversals

ASN –

Routing

The 18419 / 20 Puri–Jaynagar Express runs from Puri via , , , , , , , , and to Jaynagar.

Traction

As this route is going to be electrified, an

Asansol Asansol is a (Tier-II) metropolitan city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest and most populated city of West Bengal and the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Bar ...

-based electric

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locomotive pulls the train to , and later a

Samastipur Samastipur is a city and a municipal corporation (nagar nigam) in Bihar, India. It is the headquarter of Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Budhi Gandak river flows through the town. It is one of the five railway divisi ...

-based WDM-3A pulls the train to its destination.

References

External links

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