ECoR to extend special train services till March

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jan 19, 2015 at 12:03 PM

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Jan 19:

In response to the feedback from rail users, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to extend the services of Bhubaneswar-Pune Premium Special, Bhubaneswar-Patna Special, Puri-Santragachhi (Kolkata) Special and Sambalpur-Yesvantpur Special trains up to last week of March this year.

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A large number of berths are available in these trains and passengers may avail the facility of these special trains to go to their destinations.

02882 Bhubaneswar-Pune weekly premium special train leaving Bhubaneswar at 2215 hours on every Sunday and reaching Pune at 0405 hours on Tuesday has been extended to run up to March 29. In the return direction, 02881 Pune-Bhubaneswar weekly premium special train leaving Pune at 1115 hours on every Tuesday and arriving Bhubaneswar at 1735 hours on Wednesdays has been extended to run up to March 31.

This train will have stoppages at Brahmapur, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Secunderabad and Solapur between Bhubaneswar and Pune.

08449 Bhubaneswar-Patna weekly special train leaving Bhubaneswar at 1530 hours on every Friday and reaching Patna at 1140 hours on Saturdays has been extended to run up to March 27. In the return direction, 08450 Patna-Bhubaneswar weekly special train leaving Patna at 1400hrs on every Saturday and arriving Bhubaneswar at 0700 hours on Sundays has been extended to run up to March 28.

This train will have stoppages at Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijli, Adra, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul, Mokama and Fathuha between Bhubaneswar and Patna.

Apart from this, 08401 Puri-Santragachhi weekly special train leaving Puri at 2125 hours on every Friday and reaching Santragachhi at 0630 hours on Saturdays has been extended to run up to March 27. In the return direction, 08402 Santragachhi-Puri weekly special train leaving Santragachhi at 1900 hours on every Saturday and arriving Puri at 0400 hours on Sundays has been extended to run up to March 28.

This train will have stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore and Kharagpur between Puri and Santragachhi.

These apart, 08301 Sambalpur-Yesvantpur weekly special train leaving Sambalpur at 0850 hours on every Wednesday and reaching Yesvantpur at 1630 hours on Thursdays has been extended to run up to March 25. In the return direction, 08302 Yesvantpur-Sambalpur weekly special train leaving Yesvantpur at 0030 hours on every Friday (mid night of Thursday) and arriving Sambalpur at 0615 hours on Saturdays has been extended to run up to March 27.

This train will have stoppages at Bargarh Road, Balangir, Titlagarh, Kesinga, Muniguda, Rayagada, Parvatipuram, Bobbili, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam in ECoR jurisdiction between Sambalpur & Yesvantpur, an ECoR release said.