Special trains to Puri from Visakhapatnam, Palasa, Koraput, Keonjhar, Paradeep, Angul, Dhenkanal, Bhadrak, Baripada, Brahmapur and Kharagpur
For the convenience of pilgrims and passengers and to cater to extra rush of passengers during Rath Yatra at Puri, East Coast Railway has decided to run 63 special trains from different parts of Orissa, West Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh excluding the existing trains coming to Puri. Special trains will also run to and from Puri to clear extra rush on the occasion of Sandhya Darshan, Bahuda Yatra and Sunabesa respectively. Apart from this, 14 trains have been diverted and extended to Puri instead of its destination stations.
Trains from West Bengal:
One special train will leave Kharagpur at 04.40a.m on 13th July and will arrive Puri at 02.00p.m. In the return direction, this train will leave Puri at 03.30p.m on Rathyatra Day and will arrive Kharagpur at 11.45p.m on the same day.
Trains from Andhra Pradesh:
One special train will leave Visakhapatnam on 12th July towards Puri. This special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 06.00p.m on 12th July and will arrive Puri at 07.30a.m on the Rath Yatra Day. In the return direction, this Passenger Special will leave Puri at 11.45p.m on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Visakhapatnam at 11.30a.m on the following day.
Similarly, three passenger trains will leave Palasa on Rath Yatra Day towards Puri. The Palasa-Puri Special trains will leave Palasa at 04.25 a.m, 04.45 a.m, and 06.00 a.m. towards Puri and will arrive Puri at 11.20 a.m, 12.50p.m and 03.20 p.m respectively. In the return direction one special train towards Palasa will leave Puri at 04.20 p.m. and will arrive at 11.20 p.m. The another special train from Puri will leave at 06.20 pm on Rath Yatra Day and will arrive Palasa at 01.05 a.m. in the mid night. The third Special Train will leave Puri at 07.40p.m and will arrive Palasa at 01.045a.m during night.
Trains from Koraput:
One passenger special train will leave Koraput at 10.45 a.m. on 12th July 2010 and will arrive Puri at 08.35 a.m. on Rath Yatra Day. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 00.10a.m (midnaght on Rath Yatra day) and will arrive Koraput at 10.30 p.m. on the following day.
Trains from Kendujhargarh:
One passenger special train will leave Kendujhargarh at 10.00 p.m. on 12th July and will arrive Puri at 10.00 a.m. on Rath Yatra Day. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 10.05p.m. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Kendujhargarh at 05.15 a.m. on the following day.
Trains from Baripada:
One passenger special train will leave Baripada at 05.00 a.m. on Rath Yatra Day and will arrive Puri at 01.45p.m. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 04.00 p.m. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Baripada at 11.10p.m. on the same day.
Trains from Brahmapur:
One passenger special train will leave Brahmapur at 07.30 a.m. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 1.25p.m.
Trains from Bhadrak:
One passenger special train will leave Bhadrak at 06.15 a.m. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 12.15 noon. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 06.05 p.m. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Bhadrak at 11.15 p.m. on the same day.
Trains from Dhenkanal:
One passenger special train will leave Dhenkanal at 06.50 a.m. on the Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 11.40 a.m. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 06.45 p.m. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Dhenkanal at 10.30 p.m. on the same day.
Trains from Angul:
One passenger special train will leave Angul at 05.20 a.m. on the Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 10.55 a.m. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 05.00 p.m. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Angul at 10.45 p.m. on the same day.
Trains from Paradeep:
One passenger special train will leave Paradeep at 04.00 a.m. on the Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 10.30 a.m. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 07.15 p.m. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Paradeep at 11.30 p.m. on the same day.
Specials Trains from Cuttack & Khurda Road:
One passenger special train will leave Cuttack at 06.15 a.m. on the Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 09.25 a.m. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 00.30 midnight on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Bhubaneswar at 03.00 a.m. Similarly two passenger trains will leave Khurda Road at 06.15a.m and 07.00a.m respectively from Khurda Road. In return, One passenger special will leave Puri at 04.40p.m towards Santragachi, Another will leave at 08.20p.m towards Khurda Road and the third special will leave Puri at 01.00a.m (mid night of Rath Yatra Day) towards Bhubaneswar.
Similarly, 06 special trains for Sandhya Darshan, 14 Special Trains for Bahuda and 11 Special Trains for Sunavesa will run to and from Puri. Keeping in view the above arrangements, ECoR has decided to extend and divert some trains to Puri on Rath Yatra day and Bahuda Day i.e. on 13th and 21st July 2010 respectively. Bhadrak-Khalikote passenger, Khurda Road-Bhubaneswar passenger, Khurda Road-Cuttack passenger, Baripada-Bhubaneswar Express and Kharagpur-Khurda Road passenger will be extended and diverted to reach Puri on Rath Yatra Day.
In view of the above arrangements, this railway has decided to cancel 213/214 Puri-Cuttack-Puri, 207B/208B Khurda Road –Khallikote-Khurda Road DMU-II/DMU-I Khurda Road-Cuttack-Khurda Road, 220/219 Khurda Road-Bhubaneswar-Khurda Road , 1KP/2KP/3KP/4KP Khurda Road-Puri-Khurda Road, 208 Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak, 3CP/4CP Cuttack-Paradeep-Cuttack, 234A/233A Cuttack-Bhadrak –Cuttack, 234 Khurda Road –Cuttack, 209/210 Dhenkanal-Puri-Dhenkanal, 221/222 Angul-Puri-Angul, 218 Palasa-Puri passenger, 203 Khurda Road-Kharagpur and 217 Puri-Palasa will be cancelled. Similarly, 8415 Kendujhargarh-Puri leaving Keonjhargarh on 12th July, 8416 Puri-Keonjhar Express leaving Puri on 13th and 14th July and 208 Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak passenger leaving Bhubaneswar on 21st July will remain cancelled.