The Tapaswini Express is daily

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and

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. The train was the first Express train to be introduced with a route via

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. 18451UP departs Hatia at 15:55 and reaches Puri at 07:15 every day. The 18452DN departs Puri at 20:00 and reaches Hatia at 11:05 every day. This train has two rakes with

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locomotive. This train reverses 2 times: at Sambalpur and Talcher. This train is named after famous Odia book ''Tapaswini'' written by 19th century Odia poet Swabhabkabi

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Route

* PURI – Puri * KUR – Khurda Road Junction * BBS – Bhubaneswar * CTC – Cuttack Junction * DNKL – Dhenkanal * TLHR – Talcher (train reverses direction) * * * ANGL – Angul * BONA – Boinda * RAIR – Rairakhol * * SBP – Sambalpur Junction (train reverses direction) * RGL – Rengali * JSG – Jharsuguda Junction * * BMB – Bamra * * GP – Rajgangpur * ROU – Rourkela Junction * * ORGA – Orga * BANO – Bano * * GBX – Govindpur Road * HTE – Hatia

Schedule

Coach composition

The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. * 1 AC I Tier * 3 AC II Tier * 4 AC III Tier * 11 Sleeper coaches * 4 General * 2 Second-class Luggage/parcel van

Reversals

*TLHR – Talcher railway station *SBP –

Loco

As this route is fully electrified, this train runs with electric locomotive

of Visakhapatnam shed end to end

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/Twins was used earlier (before electrification of

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route).

References

External links

India Rail Info page
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