Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan dedicated the new railway station here to public on Saturday.
“The railway station between Mancheswar and Barang, around 14 kilometres from Bhubaneswar main station, will ensure better communication for people of northern parts of the city and improve local business and communication. Besides, the new mobile application on Rath Yatra, which was inaugurated today, will help the tourists in getting information regarding different trains to Puri available for the festival”, the Union Minister said.
According to East Coast Railways (ECoR) sources, three passenger trains-Bhubaneswar-Howrah-Puri-Santragachhi, Rourkela-Puri-Rourkela and Cuttack-Brahmapur-Cuttack MEMU will stop at the new railway station on an experimental basis for a period of six months.
A slew of other infrastructure projects including third foot overbridge at Bhubaneswar Railway Station, MEMU Shed at Khurda Road Railway Station, PRS Counter at Bagala Dharmasala in Puri were unveiled by the minister.
