Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday announced the cancellation of two more pairs of Express Special trains from both directions. T
he decision was taken in view of poor passenger response amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Following are the trains cancelled on Friday:
* 08493/08494 Bhubaneswar-Balangir-Bhubaneswar Special from both directions on May 15, 16, 22 & 23
* 08561/08562 Visakhapatnam-Kacheguda-Visakhapatnam Special from Visakhapatnam from May 14 to 31 and from Kacheguda from May 15 to June 1
ECoR had earlier cancelled four pairs of Special Express trains because of the same reason. Those trains were 02866/02865 Puri-LTT-Puri Weekly Special Express, 02880/02879 Bhubaneswar-LTT- Bhubaneswar bi-weekly Special Express, 07488/07487 Visakhapatnam-Cuddapah-Visakhapatnam daily Express Special and 02831/02832 Visakhapatnam-Lingampalli-Visakhapatnam daily Express Special.