Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways decided to extend the running of festival special trains originating from East Coast Railway jurisdiction up to the last week of January 2021. Presently, 20 pairs of festival trains are originating from the East Coast Railway jurisdiction.

01. 02819/02820 Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar-Bhubaneswar Bi-weekly Special leaving from Bhubaneswar on every Wednesday & Sunday and from Anand Vihar on every Tuesday & Friday will run up to 31st January, 2021 from Bhubaneswar and up to 2nd February, 2021 from Anand Vihar.

02. 02880/02879 Bhubaneswar-Lokamanya Tilak Terminus(LTT)-Bhubaneswar Bi-weekly Special leaving from Bhubaneswar on every Monday & Thursday and from LTT on every Wednesday & Saturday will run up to 28th January, 2021 from Bhubaneswar and up to 30th January, 2021 from LTT.

03. 08479/08480 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati-Bhubaneswar weekly Special leaving from Bhubaneswar on every Saturday and from Tirupati on every Sunday will run up to 30th January, 2021 from Bhubaneswar and up to 31st January, 2021 from Tirupati.

04. 02839/02840 Bhubaneswar-Chennai-Bhubaneswar weekly Special leaving from Bhubaneswar on every Thursday and from Chennai on every Friday will run up to 28th January, 2021 from Bhubaneswar and up to 29th January, 2021 from Chennai.

05. 02845/02846 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Cant-Bhubaneswar weekly Special leaving from Bhubaneswar on every Sunday and from Bangalore Cant on every Tuesday will run up to 31st January, 2021 from Bhubaneswar and up to 1st February, 2021 from Bangalore Cant.

06. 02898/02897 Bhubaneswar-Puduchery-Bhubaneswar weekly Special leaving from Bhubaneswar on every Tuesday and from Puduchery on every Wednesday will run up to 26th January, 2021 from Bhubaneswar and up to 27th January, 2021 from Puduchery.

07. 08496/08495 Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram-Bhubaneswar weekly Special leaving from Bhubaneswar on every Friday and from Rameswaram on every Sunday will run up to 29th January, 2021 from Bhubaneswar and up to 31st January, 2021 from Rameswaram.

08. 08306/08305 Sambalpur-Howrah-Sambalpur weekly Special leaving from Sambalpur on every Friday and from Howrah on every Saturday will run up to 29th January, 2021 from Sambalpur and up to 30th January, 2021 from Howrah.

09. 08311/08312 Sambalpur-Manduadih-Sambalpur Bi-weekly Specialleaving from Sambalpur on every Wednesday & Sunday and from Manduadih on every Monday & Thursday will run up to 27th January, 2021 from Sambalpur and up to 28th January, 2021 from Manduadih.

10. 08449/08450 Puri-Patna-Puri Special leaving from Puri on every Monday and from Patna on every Wednesday will run up to 25thJanuary from Puri and up to 27th January, 2021 from Patna.

11. 08419/08420 Puri-Jayanagar-Puri Special leaving from Puri on every Thursday and from Jayanagar on every Saturday will run up to 28th January, 2021 from Puri and up to 30th January, 2021 from Jayanagar.

12. 02827/02828 Puri-Surat-Puri Special leaving from Puri on every Sunday and from Surat on every Tuesday will run up to 31st January, 2021 from Puri and up to 2nd February, 2021 from Surat.

13. 02866/02865 Puri-Lokamanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)-Puri weekly Special leaving from Puri on every Tuesday and from LTT on every Thursday will run up to 26th January, 2021 from Puri and up to 28th January, 2021 from LTT.

14. 02859/02860 Puri-Chennai-Puri Special leaving from Puri on every Sunday and from Chennai on every Monday will run up to 31stJanuary, 2021 from Puri and up to 1st February, 2021 from Chennai.

15. 02851/02852 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin-VisakhapatnamBi-weekly Special leaving from Visakhapatnam on every Monday & Friday and from Nizamuddin on every Wednesday & Sunday will run up to 29th January, 2021 from Visakhapatnam and up to 31st January, 2021 from Nizamuddin.

16. 02887/02888 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Special leaving from Visakhapatnam on every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday& Sunday and from Nizamuddion on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday& Saturday will run up to 31st January, 2021 from Visakhapatnam and up to 2nd February, 2021 from Nizamuddin.

17. 02869/02870 Visakhapatnam-Chennai-Visakhapatnam Special leaving from Visakhapatnam on every Monday and from Chennai on every Tuesday will run up to 25th January, 2021 from Visakhapatnam and up to 26th January, 2021 from Chennai.

18. 02857/02858 Visakhapatnam-LTT-Visakhapatnam Special leaving from Visakhapatnam on every Sunday and from LTT on every Tuesday will run up to 31st January, 2021 from Visakhapatnam and up to 2nd February, 2021 from LTT.

19. 08501/08502 Visakhapatnam-Gandhidham-Visakhapatnam Special leaving from Visakhapatnam on every Thursday and from Gandhidham on every Sunday will run up to 28th January, 2021 from Visakhapatnam and upto 31st January, 2021 from Gandhidham.

20. 07488/07487 Visakhapatnam-Cuddapa-Visakhapatnam Daily Special will run up to 31st January, 2021 from Visakhapatnam and upto 1st February, 2021 from Cuddapa.

In view of heavy rush and to provide comfortable journey to the commuters, the East Coast Railway decided to augment the following trains with additional coaches.

A. 08493/08494 Bhubaneswar-Balangir-Bhubaneswar Special will augmented with two Second Class Chair Car between 23rd December to 20th January, 2021.

B. 08433/08434 Bhubaneswar-Palasa-Bhubaneswar Special from Bhubaneswar between 23rd December to 20th January, 2021 and from Palasa between 24th December to 21st January, 2021 will be augmented with one General Second Class Coach from both the directions.

C. 08301/08302 Sambalpur-Rayagada-Sambalpur Special will be augmented with two General second class coaches between 23rd December to 20th January, 2021.

D. 08508/08507 Visakhapatnam-Rayagada-Visakhapatnam Special from Visakhapatnam between 25th December to 20th January, 2021 and from Rayagada between 26th December to 21st January, 2021 will be augmented with two General Second Class coaches from both the directions.