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{{Infobox rail service
| name = Puri Digha Express
| image=
| caption =
| type = [[Express trains in India|Express]]
| first = 22878 / 77 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express - 22 February 2012 [http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/new-train-between-puri-and-digha-112021700008_1.html] [http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=513&id=0,4,268], 22890 / 89 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express – 11 December 2010 [http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=22808]
| last =
| operator = [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = [[Puri railway station|Puri]]
| stops = 11
| end = [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]]
| distance = {{convert|549|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journey time = 9 hours 55 mins as 22878 / 90 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express, 10 hours 05 mins as 22877 / 89 [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] [[Puri railway station|Puri]] Express.
| frequency = Weekly. 22878 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express – Wednesday, 22877 [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] [[Puri railway station|Puri]] Express – Thursday. 22890 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express – Saturday. 22889 [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] [[Puri railway station|Puri]] Express – Sunday [http://www.pnrstatus.co.in/renumbering-of-trains-with-effect-from-1st-october-2012/].
| class = AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = No
| observation = 22890 /89 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express previously ran as 12580 / 79 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express [http://www.pnrstatus.co.in/renumbering-of-trains-with-effect-from-1st-october-2012/].
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| other facilities=
| stock = Standard [[Indian Railways]] Coaches
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm|al=on|allk=on}}
| electrification = Partial
| train number = 22890 / 89 / 78 / 77
| speed = {{convert|110|km/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum <br/>, {{convert|54.90|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, including halts.
| map =
| map_state =
}}

The 22890 / 89 / 78 / 77 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express was a [[Express trains in India|Express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] - [[East Coast Railway zone]] that runs between [[Puri railway station|Puri]] and [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] in [[India]].

It was operates as train number 22890 / 78 from [[Puri railway station|Puri]] to [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] and as train number 22889 / 77 in the reverse direction serving the states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]].

==Coaches==

The 22890 / 89 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express has 1 AC 2 tier, 1 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) Coaches whereas 22878 / 77 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express has 1 AC 2 tier, 1 AC 3 tier, 5 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) Coaches. They do not carry a [[Dining car|Pantry car coach]]. [http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=513&id=0,4,268] [http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=673&did=13424464515321094208EF57F1518CD1B4D6610CA23EA.web91] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140929164445/http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=22808].

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of [[Indian Railways]] depending on demand.

==Service==

The 22890 / 78 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express was covers the distance of {{convert|549|km|0|abbr=on}} in 9 hours 55 mins (55.36 km/hr), in 10 hours 05 mins as 22889 / 77 [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] [[Puri railway station|Puri]] Express (54.45 km/hr). [http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=22878] [http://trainspy.com/static/train/22890/PURI-DGHA-SUP-E]

==Routeing==

The 22890 / 89 / 78 / 77 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express was runs from [[Puri railway station|Puri]] via [[Bhubaneswar railway station|Bhubaneswar]], [[Cuttack railway station|Cuttack]], [[Balasore railway station|Balasore]], [[Kharagpur Junction railway station|Kharagpur Junction]] to [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha Flag Station]] [http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=22878] [http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=513&id=0,4,268] [http://trainspy.com/static/train/22890/PURI-DGHA-SUP-E].

==Traction==

As the route is electrified now a Visakhapatnam or Santragachi based WAP 4 hauls the train from Puri to Digha and Digha to Puri. Sometimes an Asansol-based WAG 5A/P hauls the train from Digha to Puri depending on the availability.

==Operation==

22878 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express runs from [[Puri railway station|Puri]] every Wednesday reaching [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] the next day [http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=22878].

22877 [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] [[Puri railway station|Puri]] Express runs from [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] every Thursday reaching [[Puri railway station|Puri]] the next day.

22890 [[Puri railway station|Puri]] [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] Express runs from [[Puri railway station|Puri]] every Saturday reaching [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] the next day [http://trainspy.com/static/train/22890/PURI-DGHA-SUP-E] [http://www.pnrstatus.co.in/renumbering-of-trains-with-effect-from-1st-october-2012/].

22889 [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] [[Puri railway station|Puri]] Express runs from [[Digha Flag railway station|Digha]] every Sunday reaching [[Puri railway station|Puri]] the next day.

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=22878
* http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=513&id=0,4,268
* http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/new-train-between-puri-and-digha-112021700008_1.html
* http://trainspy.com/static/train/22890/PURI-DGHA-SUP-E
* http://www.pnrstatus.co.in/renumbering-of-trains-with-effect-from-1st-october-2012/
* http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=673&did=13424464515321094208EF57F1518CD1B4D6610CA23EA.web91
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140929164445/http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=22808

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in |title=Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry |publisher=indianrail.gov.in |accessdate=2014-04-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408180437/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ |archivedate= 8 April 2014 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org|title=[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet.|publisher=irfca.org|accessdate=2014-04-05}}

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