Tapaswini Express


The Tapaswini Express is daily express train between Hatia and Puri. The train was the first express train to be introduced with a route via Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Talcher, Sambalpur. 18451UP departs Hatia at 15:55 and reaches Puri at 07:15 every day. The 18452DN departs Puri at 20:00 and reaches Hatia at 11:05 every day. This train has two rakes with WAP-4 or WAP-7 Visakhapatnam locomotive. This train reverses 2 times at Sambalpur and Talcher.
This train is named after famous Odia book Tapaswini written by 19th century Odia poet Swabhabkabi Gangadhar Meher.

Route

Coach Composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 kmph.
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Reversals

As this route is fully electrified This train runs with electric locomotive WAP-7 or WAP-4 of Visakhapatnam shed end to end
'BNDM/WDM-3D/Twins was used earlier