Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has announced to run seven Kumbh Mela Special trains covering Odisha districts.
The following special trains will run for the convenience of the devotees going to attend the Kumbh Mela:
- Bhubaneswar-Tundla-Bhubaneswar Kumbh Mela Special. It will cove Khuorda, Cuttack, Jajpur and Keonjhar districts
- Puri-Tundla-Puri Kumbh Special (Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Balasore)
- Titlagarh-Tundla-Titlagarh Kumbh Special (Balangir, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh)
- Visakhapatnam-DDU (Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn)-Visakhapatnam Kumbh Special (Rayagada, Balangir, Nuapada)
- Visakhapatnam-Gorakhpur-Visakhapatnam Kumbh Special (Ganjam, Khurda, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda)
- Tirupati-Banaras-Tirupati Kumbh Special (Rayagada, Balangir, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Rourkela
- NS-Banaras-NS Kumbh Mela Special (Rayagada, Balangir, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Rourkela
All the trains will go through Prayagraj railway station in Uttar Pradesh. The Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj is scheduled to begin from January 13.
