ECoR to run three more trains during Dussehra

OST Bureau

Bhubaneswar, Oct 4:

In view of the huge waitlist of passengers during the Durga Puja, the East Coast Railway has decided to run three more special trains between Puri and Santragachhi (Kolkata).

As per the schedule, the Santragachhi-Puri Special train will leave Santragachhi at 7 pm on October 10 and arrive at Puri at 4.15 am next day. In the return direction, the train will leave Puri at 6.20 pm on October 11 and arrive at Santragachhi at 3.10 am next day.

The second pair special trains, Santragachhi-Puri, will leave Santragachhi at 8.30 am on October 13 and arrive at Puri at 5.10 pm the same day. In the return direction, the train will leave Puri at 11 pm on October 13 and arrive at Santragachhi at 8.05 am next day.

The third pair special trains, Santragachhi-Puri, will leave Santragachhi at 7 pm on October 17 and arrive at Puri at 4.15 am next day. The train, in its return direction, will leave Puri at 5.30 am on October 18 and arrive at Santragachhi at 2.30 pm the same day.

These three special trains will two AC-3 tiers, eight sleeper classes and four general second classes in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Baleswar and Kharagpur, an ECoR release said.