Bhubaneswar: Bengaluru-bound Prashanti Express from Bhubaneswar and Garib Rath Express from Puri are among the trains that will run on diverted route temporarily due to safety-related modernisation work, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said on Friday.
The modernisation work will be carried out for commissioning of doubling and electrification work between Guntur and Guntakal Stations under South Central Railway jurisdiction.
18463/18464 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express from Bhubaneswar from January to February 4 and from Bengaluru from January 26 to February 4 will run on diverted route via Krishna Canal-Gudur-Renigunta-Melpakkam-Katpadi-Jolarpettai route bypassing Krishna Canal-Guntur-Guntakal-Dharmavaram route.
Similarly, 22883/22884 Puri-Yesvantpur-Puri Garib Rath Express from Puri on January 31 and from Yesvantpur on February 1 will run on a diverted route via Krishna Canal-Gudur-Renigunta-Melpakkam-Katpadi-Jolarpettai route bypassing Krishna Canal-Guntur-Dhone-Gooty-Dharmavaram route.
