Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express to be flagged off in Odisha on May 18

Bhubaneswar: Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express will be flagged off at the Puri Railway Station on May 18, East Coast Railway sources said.

The inaugural run of the semi high-speed train was earlier scheduled for May 15. However, it has now been rescheduled to May 18.

The train will be flagged off at 12 noon on the scheduled day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off the train, virtually.

The trial run of Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express had started on April 28.

The stoppages for the trial run were Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Khurda between Howrah and Puri with halt of two minutes at the stations.

The Vande Bharat Express will operate between Howrah and Puri, with fewer stops in between.