Bhubaneswar, May 19 -- Indian Railways has approved the regularisation of the Bhanjapur-Puri-Bhanjapur Special trains into regular Express services in view of sustained passenger demand and to improve travel convenience.

According to the revised arrangement, Train No. 08011/08012 Bhanjapur-Puri-Bhanjapur Special will now operate as Train No. 18017/18018 Bhanjapur-Puri-Bhanjapur Express. The regular services will commence from May 21 from Bhanjapur and from May 22 from Puri.

Train No. 18017 Bhanjapur-Puri Express will depart from Bhanjapur at 11:10 pm and reach Puri at 5:50 am the following day. In the return direction, Train No. 18018 Puri-Bhanjapur Express will leave Puri at 11:50 pm and arrive at Bhanjapur at 6:50 am the next morning. R...