Purushottam Express
The 12801 / 12802 Purushottam Express is a superfast express train which runs between Puri in Odisha and in Delhi. It is one of the most highly demanded train between Puri to New Delhi. The train is of Superfast category and passes through states of Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh. It was the first train in India to have a Braille-embedded coach for blind passengers.
Among Railfans, it is considered as The Queen of East Coast Railway.
On 2nd November 2021, 1 AC First Class coach added to Purushottam Express. After which, It became the 1st Delhi-Odisha Superfast Train to have dedicated 1 AC Coach.
Timetable
From Puri to New Delhi- 12801. The train starts from Puri every day| Station code | Station name | Arrival | Departure |
| PURI | Puri Terminus | -- | 21:55 |
| KUR | Khurda Road Jn | 22:35 | 22:40 |
| BBS | 23:00 | 23:05 | |
| CTC | Cuttack | 23:35 | 23:40 |
| JJKR | Jajpur Keonjhar Road | 00:31 | 00:33 |
| BLS | Balasore | 02:05 | 02:10 |
| HIJ | Hijli | 03:45 | 03:55 |
| TATA | Tatanagar | 06:22 | 06:32 |
| BKSC | Bokaro Steel City | 09:45 | 09:50 |
| GMO | NSC Bose Gomoh Jn | 10:50 | 10:55 |
| PNME | Parasnath | 11:08 | 11:10 |
| KQR | Koderma Jn | 12:00 | 12:02 |
| GAYA | Gaya Jn | 13:43 | 13:48 |
| AUBR | 14:26 | 14:28 | |
| DOS | Dehri On Sone | 14:41 | 14:43 |
| SSM | Sasaram | 14:56 | 14:58 |
| BBU | Bhabua Road | 15:28 | 15:30 |
| DDU | Pt DD Upadhyaya Jn | 16:50 | 17:00 |
| CAR | Chunar Jn | 17:38 | 17:40 |
| MZP | Mirzapur | 18:03 | 18:05 |
| ALD | Prayagraj Jn | 19:20 | 19:30 |
| FTP | Fatehpur | 20:38 | 20:40 |
| CNB | Kanpur Central | 21:55 | 22:00 |
| GZB | Ghaziabad | 03:18 | 03:20 |
| NDLS | New Delhi | 04:00 | -- |
From New Delhi to Puri – 12802. The train starts from New Delhi every day.
| Station code | Station name | Arrival | Departure |
| NDLS | New Delhi | -- | 22:40 |
| CNB | Kanpur Central | 04:00 | 04:05 |
| FTP | Fatehpur | 05:00 | 05:02 |
| ALD | Prayagraj Jn | 06:55 | 07:00 |
| MZP | Mirzapur | 08:10 | 08:12 |
| CAR | Chunar Jn | 08:35 | 08:37 |
| DDU | Pt DD Upadhyaya Jn | 09:50 | 10:00 |
| BBU | Bhabua Road Jn | 10:35 | 10:37 |
| SSM | Sasaram | 11:05 | 11:07 |
| DOS | Dehri On Sone | 11:21 | 11:23 |
| AUBR | 11:38 | 11:40 | |
| GAYA | Gaya Jn | 12:35 | 12:40 |
| KQR | Koderma Jn | 13:58 | 14:00 |
| HZD | Hazaribagh Road | 13:28 | 14:30 |
| PNME | Parasnath | 14:48 | 14:50 |
| GMO | NSC Bose Gomoh Jn | 15:25 | 15:30 |
| CRP | Chandrapura | 15:48 | 15:50 |
| BKSC | Bokaro Steel City Jn | 16:30 | 16:35 |
| TATA | Tatanagar Jn | 19:58 | 20:08 |
| HIJ | Hijli | 22:45 | 22:55 |
| BLS | Balasore | 00:15 | 00:20 |
| JJKR | Jajpur Keonjhar Road | 01:53 | 01:55 |
| CTC | Cuttack Jn | 02:50 | 02:55 |
| BBS | 03:30 | 03:35 | |
| KUR | Khurda Road Jn | 03:55 | 04:00 |
| PURI | Puri Terminus | 05:25 | -- |
Coaches
The train consists of 22 LHB coach which includes :-- Six Sleeper class Coaches
- Five AC 3 Tier & 1 AC three tier economy
- Two AC 2 Tier
- One 1st AC Coach
- Four General class Coaches
- One EOG & One Divyang-Jan Coach
- One Pantry Car.
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| EOG | GEN | H1 | B6 | B5 | B4 | B3 | B2 | B1 | A1 | PC | S7 | S6 | S5 | S4 | S3 | S2 | S1 | GEN | SLRD |