Travel Guide                                                        Railway & Airline Schedules to Orissa

The State of Orissa is located on the eastern coast of India at 17° 49' North - 22°0 34' North Latitude & 81° 29' East-87° 29' East Longitude. Carved out of Bihar in 1936, Orissa is located on the eastern coast of India. Bordered by Madhya Pradesh in the west, Andhra Pradesh in the south, West Bengal in north-east, Bay of Bengal in the east and Bihar in the north, the state extends to an area of 1,55,707 Sq. Km.

 

Orissa, one of the 25 states of India, is the best of ancient and modern India. It is the one of the areas where people share a strong sense of holiness, a sense of belonging and attachment to their beautiful land, and cherish their enduring links with the past. It contains exquisite temples, superb monuments, inviting beaches, enchanting wildlife and astonishing natural landscapes. It is a must on the itinerary of any tourist visiting India.

 

The state capital Bhubaneswar offers an impressive combination of traditional architecture and modern imput, due to a throroughly planned attempt to make the city into a modern thriving town. Both within and in the surroundings of the capital, there are several historically interesting temples and caves, such as the Udayagiri and Khandagari caves. An impressive piece of Kalinga architecture, also listed on the World Heritage list, is the General at Konark. Another place of interest is Puri, one of the most tourist place of india.

 

Through the centuries, Orissa has been a meeting place for various cultural migrations from different parts of the country. The economic life of the people of Orissa centers mainly around agriculture where one out of every four persons in Orissa is a tribal. Any tourist is bound to get amazed by vast lands of varied kinds of agriculture spread out throughout the state. At the same time, the state is on the threshhold of an industrial growth with an emphasis electronics, iron and mine industries and the production of cash crops such as tea, coffee and rubber.



FLIGHT TIMING [From Bhubaneswar]

INDIAN AIRLINES (Monday to Sunday - 1 to 7)

Place

Days

Flight No.

Air Craft

Depart

Aarrivl

To Calcutta

2, 4, 6

IC 965

320

0830

0925

To Calcutta

1, 5

IC 778

320

1125

1205

To Delhi

1, 3, 5, 7

IC 878

320

1950

2200

To Hyderabad

1, 5

IC 777

320

1535

1710

To Chenai

2, 4, 6

IC 966

320

1150

1330

To Mumbai

3, 5, 7

CD 169

737

2025

2230



TRAIN TIME AT BHUBANESWAR

DOWN TRAIN

TRAIN

NAME OF THE TRAIN

DAYS

ARVL.

DPRT

6323

Tiruanantapuram -Howarh

MON, FRI

4.55

5.00

7480

Tirupati-Howrah

Daily

15.10

15.20

6004

Madras-Howrah Mail

Daily

22.45

22.55

7046

Hyderabad-Howarah (East Coast)

Daily

6.15

6.20

8008

Puri-Howarh Exp

Daily

21.00

21.10

8477

Puri-Nizamuddin (Kalinga/Utkal Exp)

Daily

18.35

18.43

2842

Madrass-Howrah (Coromondal Exp)

Dailly

5.40

5.45

1019

Mumbai-BBSR (Konark Exp)

6.50

5623

Cochin-Guwahati

THURS

4.55

5.00

8410

Puri-Howrah (Sri Jagannath Exp)

Daily

23.05

23.12

8475

Puri-NewDelhi (Neelachal Exp)

TUE, FRI, SUN

10.45

10.52

6309

Cochin-Patna Exp

WED

4.55

5.00

2815

Puri-NewDelhi (Neelachal Exp)

MON, WED, THU, SAT

10.45

10.52

8448

Rourkela-Bhubaneswar (Heerakhanda Exp.)

Daily

07.45

5625

Bangalore-Guwahati

SAT, SUN

4.55

5.00

2822

Bhubaneswar-Howrah (Dhauli Exp.)

Daily

---

14.20

2801

Puri-New Delhi (Purushottam Exp)

Daily

21.55

22.02

2704

Secundarabad-Howrah-Faluknama

Daily

11.25

11.30

2421

Bhubaneswar-NewDelhi (Rajdhani Exp)

WED, SUN,

--

09.10

6804

Tiruchirapalli-Howrah

TUE, THUS, SUN

19.15

19.20

5627

Trivendrum-Guwahati (Express)

TUE

4.55

5.00

8451

BBSR Raurkela, via Talcher-SBP

Daily

--

19.45

8449

Puri-Patna Baidyanath dham

MON

14.45

14.50

DMU

Palasa-Cuttack Pass

do

09.25

09.30

210

Puri-Talacher Pass

do

17.50

17.55

212

Puri-SBP (DMU) via CTC, Talcher pass

do

6.35

6.40

214

Puri-Cuttack Pass

do

9.55

10.00

208

Balugan-Bhadrak (DMU) Pass

do

16.25

17.35

202

Puri-Howrah (via Naraj) Pass

do

12.00

12.10

222

Khurda-Talcher (via Naraj) Fast

do

17.00

17.10

220

Palasa-BBSR DMU

Daily

10.25

8405

Puri-Ahamadabad via-NQR

WED

8.00

8.10



TRAIN TIME AT BHUBANESWAR

UP TRAIN

Train

Name of The Train

Days

Arvl.

Dprt.

6324

Howarh-Trivandrum Exp

TUE, SAT

6.44

6.50

7479

Howrah-Tiruanatapuram (Tirupati)

Daily

10.20

10.40

6003

Howrah-Madras Mail

Daily

3.57

4.05

7045

Howrah-Hyderabad
(East Cost Exp.)

Daily

19.00

19.08

8007

Howrah-Puri Exp.

Daily

6.05

6.10

8478

Nizamuddin-Puri
(Kalinga/Utkal Exp)

Daily

8.10

8.20

2841

Howrah-Madras
(Coromondal Exp.)

Daily

2.45

2.52

1020

Bhubaneswar-Mumbi
(Konark Exp.)

Daily

--

14.00

5624

Guwahati-Cochin Exp.

SUN

12.54

13.00

8409

Howrah-Puri (Sri Jagnnath Exp)

Daily

03.40

03.48

8476

New Delhi-Puri (Neelachal Exp)

MON, WED, SAT

12.37

12.45

631 0

Patna-Cochin Exp.

FRI

06.44

04.50

2816

New Delhi-Puri (Neelachal Exp)

TUE, THU, FIR, SUN

12.37

12.45

8447

BBSR-Roukela
(Heerakhanda Exp)

Daily

--

18.30

5626

Guwahati-Bangalore Exp.

WED, MON

12.54

13.00

2821

Howrah-Bhubaneswar
(Dhauli Exp)

Daily

13.50

--

2802

New Delhi-Puri
(Purushottam Exp.)

Daily

4.40

4.47

2703

Howarah-Secunderabad (Felaknuma Exp)

Daily

14.50

14.57

2422

New Delhi-Bhubaneswar (Rajdhani Exp)

TUE, SAT

18.40

6803

Howrah-Tiruchirapalli

TUE, THUS, SUN

23.10

23.18

5628

Guwahati-Trivendrum

THURS

12.54

13.00

8452

Raurkela-BBSR via SBP-Talcher

07.20

8450

Patna-Baidyanath Dham (Puri)

THURS

1.55

2.00

DMU

Cuttack-Palasa Pass

Daily

17.10

17.20

209

Talcher-Puri Pass

do

9.20

9.40

211

Sambalpur/Puri (DMU) Via Tichr, pass

do

20.25

20.30

213

Cuttack-Puri pass

do

17.35

17.40

207

Bhadrak-Balugan (DMU) pass

do

9.35

10.00

201

Howrah-Puri (Via Naraj) pass

do

14.10

14.20

221

Talcher-Palasa (Via Naraj) pass

do

09.00

09.05

219

BBSR-Palasa DMU

--

--

8406

Ahamadabad-Puri via-NQR

SUN

13.15

13.25