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 (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, 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

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. 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

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. 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

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Routing

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

Traction

As this route is going to be electrified, an

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-based electric

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locomotive pulls the train to , and later a

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-based

WDM-3A The Indian locomotive class WDM-3A is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1993 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) ...

pulls the train to its destination.

References

External links

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