The Howrah-Yesvantpur-Howrah weekly AC express, announced in the Railway Budget, will have its inaugural run as 02863 Howrah-Yesvantpur on January 8.
The regular run of 22864 Yesvantpur-Howrah weekly AC express will commence from January 13 and train No. 22863 will commence from January 18. Train No. 22863 Howrah-Yesvantpur AC weekly express will leave Howrah on Mondays at 11 a.m. and reach Yesvantpur on Tuesdays at 4 p.m.
In the return direction, 22864 Yesvantpur-Howrah weekly AC express will leave Yesvantpur on Wednesdays at 4.10 p.m. and reach Howrah on Thursdays at 11.15 a.m.
These trains will have stoppages at Kharagpur, Balasore, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Vizianagaram, Vijayawada, Renigunta, and Katpadi between Howrah-Yesvantpur, according to P.Ch. Ramu Naidu, Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division of East Coast Railway.
Train No.22863 will have stoppages at Cuttack , Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur and Vizianagaram (arrival 10.05 p.m.; departure 10.15 p.m.) and train No.22864 will have stoppages at Vizianagaram (arrival 4.35 a.m.; departure 4.45 a.m.), Brahmapur, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack over East Coast Railway.
