In view of rush in different trains during winter and to clear waitlisted passengers, East Coast Railway has decided to augment additional coaches in some of the important trains originating from its jurisdiction and also running special trains to different directions.
New Delhi bound Purusottam Express, Neelachal Express trains, Puri-Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar-Pondichery, Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Express, Visakhapatnam-LTT and Puri-Durg Express trains will be augmented with additional coaches to clear extra rush and wait listed passengers.
SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN VISAKHAPATNAM & KOLLAM
In view of the demands, ECoR is running special train between Visakhapatnam and Kollam. 08577/08578 Visakhapatnam-Kollam-Visakhapatnam Special train is leaving Visakhapatnam on every Sunday at 09.00a.m and will run upto 23rd January 2011. In the return direction, this train is leaving Kollam on every Monday at 07.15p.m and will run upto 24th January 2011.
This train has one AC-2 tier, one AC-3 tier, 04 Sleeper Class, 06 General Second Class, 02 First Class & 02 Guard-Cum-Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at major stations between Visakhapatnam & Kollam.
SAMBALPUR-VISAKHAPATNAM-NIZAMABAD BI-WEEKLIES TO RUN WITH REVISED TIMINGS AT SECUNDERABAD & KAMAREDDI.
The timings of Sambalpur-Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad-Sambalpur bi-weekly express trains at Secunderabad & Kamareddi have been revised. 18309/18509 Sambalpur-Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad bi-weekly express trains arriving at Secunderabad at 09.05a.m and leaving at 09.40a.m and arriving Kamareddi at 11.05a.m and leaving at 11.06a.m towards Nizamabad instead of its earlier timings. In the return direction, 18310/18510 Nizamabad-Visakhapatnam-Sambalpur bi-weekly express trains arriving Kamareddi at 10.50a.m and leaving at 11.00a.m towards Visakhapatnam and Sambalpur respectively instead of their earlier timings.
ECoR TO EXTEND THE SERVICES OF SPECIAL TRAINS
In view of the demands from the passengers and to avoid rush in regular trains during winter, East Coast Railway has decided to extend the services of special trains towards Pune, Tirupati, Howrah, Siridi and Nizamabad from its jurisdiction.
BHUBANESWAR-PUNE
The services for running of 08482/08481 Bhubaneswar-Pune-Bhubaneswar weekly Special train leaving Bhubaneswar on every Tuesday at 10.15p.m and leaving Pune on every Thursday at 11.15a.m has been extended to run up to 25th January 2011 from Bhubaneswar and upto 27th January 2011 from Pune.
This train has one AC-2 tier, one AC-3 tier, 06 Sleeper Class, 06 General Second Class and 02 Guard-Cum-Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Duvvada, Rajahmundry, Vijaywada, Guntur, Nalgonda, Secunderabad, Wadi and Solapur between Bhubnaneswar and Pune.
PURI-HOWRAH
The services of 08461/08462 Puri-Howrah-Puri Special which is leaving from Puri on Tuesdays at 10.15p.m and leaving Howrah on every Wednesdays at 08.55p.m have been extended to run upto 29th March 2011 from Puri & upto 30th March 2011 from Howrah.
This train has 02 AC-3 tier, 01 AC-2 tier, 09 Sleeper Classes, 06 General Second Class coaches and 02 Guard-Cum-Luggage Vans and in its composition having stoppages at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road & Sakhigopal between Howrah and Puri.
Similarly, the services for running of 08471/08472 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati-Bhubaneswar weekly special trains leaving Bhubaneswar on every Saturday and leaving Tirupati on every Sunday have been extended to run upto 26th March 2011 from Bhubaneswar & upto 27th March 2011 from Tirupati.
The services for running of 08567/08568 Visakhapatnam-Siridi-Visakhapatnam weekly express leaving Visakhapatnam on every Wednesday and leaving Siridi on every Thursday has been extended to run upto 23rd Feb’2011 from Visakhapatnam & upto 24th Feb’2011 from Siridi.
The services for running of 08565/08566 Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad-Visakhapatnam weekly express has been extended to run upto 29th March 2011 from Visakhapatnam & upto 30th Mar’2011 from Nizamabad.
BHUBANESWAR-TIRUPATI WEEKLY SPECIAL TO STOP AT SRIKAKULAM
East Coast Railway has decided to provide the stoppage of Bhubaneswar-Tirupati-Bhubaneswar weekly special train at Srikakulam Road. 08471 Bhubaneswar-Tirupaty Weekly Special train will arrive at Srikakulam Road at 4.25 pm and will leave at 4.27 pm. In the return direction, 18472 Tirupaty-Bhubaneswar Weekly Special trail will arrive at Srikakulam Road at 7.33 am and will leave at 7.35 am towards Bhubaneswar.
BHUBANESWAR-TIRUPATI WEEKLY SPECIAL TRAIN EXTENDED
08471 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Weekly Special train, which was leaving Bhubaneswar on every Saturday, has been further extended to run up to 26th March 2011 towards Tirupati. Similarly, in the return direction, 08472 Tirupati-Bhubaneswar Weekly Special train leaving Tirupati on every Sunday towards Bhubaneswar will run up to 27th March 2011.
AC COACH IN BHUBANESWAR-BOLANGIR INTERCITY EXPRESS
East Coast Railway has decided to augment one AC-Chair Car temporarily in 12893/12894 Bhubaneswar-Bolangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express from 28th December 2010 to 31st December 2010 to avoid rush.