The 18039 / 18040 Shalimar–Puri Express is an express train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between the city Shalimar of West Bengal and Puri of Odisha in India.
It operates as train number 18039 from Shalimar to Puri and as train number 18040 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Odisha and West Bengal.
Services • 18039/ Shalimar–Puri Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and covers 497 km in 8h 50m.
• 18040/ Puri–Shalimar Express has an average speed of 52 km/h and covers 497 km in 9h 30m.
Route and halts The Important Halts of the train are : Shalimar Santragachi Junction Kharagpur Junction Balasore Bhadrak Jajpur Keonjhar Road Cuttack Junction Bhubaneswar Khurda Road Junction Malatipatpur Puri
Schedule • 18039 - 9:25 PM (Sunday) [Shalimar]
• 18040 - 11:20 PM (Monday) [Puri]
Coach composition
General Unreserved - 4 Sleeper Class - 9 AC 3 Class Tier - 3 AC 2 Class Tier - 2
Traction As the entire route is fully electrified it is hauled by a Howrah Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Shalimar to Puri and vice versa.
Rake reversal or rake share No rake reversal or rake share.
See also Trains from Shalimar :
Aranyak Express Shalimar–Bhuj Weekly Superfast Express Shalimar–Secunderabad AC Superfast Express Charlapalli–Shalimar Amrit Bharat Express Shalimar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
Trains from Puri :
Puri–Shalimar Garib Rath Express Bhanjpur–Puri Express Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Adra) Puri–Rourkela Vande Bharat Express Nandan Kanan Express
Notes a. Runs a day in a week with both directions.
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