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 ou
t 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.