As announced in the last Railway Budget, Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the services of Bhubaneswar-Koraput Hirakhand Express upto Jagadalpur, Puri-Dhenkanal passenger to Talcher and Puri-Palasa passenger to Parlakhemundi w.e.f. 18th December 2010 in East Coast Railway jurisdiction.
217 Puri-Palasa passenger which is leaving Puri at 07.50a.m and arriving Palasa at 03.25p.m will leave Palasa at 04.30p.m and will arrive at Paralakhemundi at 06.45p.m in the extended portion. In the return direction, 218 Paralakhemundi-Puri Passenger will leave Paralakhemundi at 07.45a.m and will arrive at Puri at 09.05p.m.
This train will stop at Pundi, Rauthpuram, Naupada, Tekkali, Pedasana, Temburu, Ganguvada, and Pathapatnam between Palasa and Paralakhemundi. The timings of 217/218 Puri-Paralakhemundi-Puri passenger will remain unchanged between Puri & Palasa. The train will run as a special train on the flagging off day of the extended portion and the regular run will be from Puri w.e.f 19th December and from Paralakhemundi w.e.f 20th Dec’2010.
This train will stop at Pundi, Rauthpuram, Naupada, Tekkali, Pedasana, Temburu, Ganguvada, and Pathapatnam between Palasa and Paralakhemundi. The timings of 217/218 Puri-Paralakhemundi-Puri passenger will remain unchanged between Puri & Palasa. The train will run as a special train on the flagging off day of the extended portion and the regular run will be from Puri w.e.f 19th December and from Paralakhemundi w.e.f 20th Dec’2010.
210 Puri-Dhenkanal passenger which is leaving Puri at 04.35p.m and arriving Dhenkanal at 08.53p.m will leave Dhenkanal at 08.55p.m and will arrive at Talcher at 11.45p.m in the extended portion. In the return direction, 209 Talcher-Puri Passenger will leave Talcher at 05.15a.m and will arrive at Puri at 11.45a.m.
This train will stop at Dandimal, Sadasivpur, Mahadia, Hindol Road, Nayabhagirahipur, Meramandali, Budhapank and Talcher Road between Dhenkanal & Talcher. The timings of 210/209 Puri-Talcher-Puri passenger will remain unchanged between Puri & Dhenkanal. The train will run as a special train on the flagging off day of the extended portion and the regular run will be from Puri w.e.f 18th December and from Talcher w.e.f 20th Dec’2010.
This train will stop at Dandimal, Sadasivpur, Mahadia, Hindol Road, Nayabhagirahipur, Meramandali, Budhapank and Talcher Road between Dhenkanal & Talcher. The timings of 210/209 Puri-Talcher-Puri passenger will remain unchanged between Puri & Dhenkanal. The train will run as a special train on the flagging off day of the extended portion and the regular run will be from Puri w.e.f 18th December and from Talcher w.e.f 20th Dec’2010.
8447 Bhubaneswar-Koraput Hirakhand Express, which is leaving Bhubaneswar at 07.35p.m and arriving Koraput at 09.45a.m on the next day, will leave Koraput at 10.05a.m and will arrive at Jagadalpur at 12.40p.m in the extended portion. In the return direction, 8448 Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express will leave Jagadalpur at 03.30p.m and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 08.25a.m on the next day.
This train will stop at Jeypore and Jagadalpur in the extended portion. The timings of 8447/8448 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express will remain unchanged between Bhubaneswar and Koraput. The train will run as a special train on the day of flagging off of the extended portion and the regular run will be from Bhubaneswar on 18th December and from Jagadalpur from 19th Dec’2010.
This train will stop at Jeypore and Jagadalpur in the extended portion. The timings of 8447/8448 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express will remain unchanged between Bhubaneswar and Koraput. The train will run as a special train on the day of flagging off of the extended portion and the regular run will be from Bhubaneswar on 18th December and from Jagadalpur from 19th Dec’2010.
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Orissa will flag off of the extension of the above three trains at Bhubaneswar Railway Station on 18th Dec’10 in presence of local MPs and MLAs of Bhubaneswar. Shri Pinaki Mishra Hon’ble MP & Shri Maheswar Mohanty, Hon’ble MLA of Puri will see up the extension of Puri-Palasa passenger to Jagadalpur at Puri Railway Station.