ECoR Cancels 12 Trains For Safety Works From Feb 1 To 4; Details Here

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has cancelled and partially cancelled some trains under its jurisdiction between February 1 and 4.

The ECoR, in a release on Saturday, said the step has been taken in view of safety related modernisation work at Hijli railway station under Kharagpur Division in West Bengal .

The following trains have been cancelled for the period:

1. Shalimar-Puri-Shalimar Dhauli Express on both directions

2. Howrah-Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express on both the directions

3. Jajpur Keonjhar Road-Kharagpur-Jajpur Keonjhar Road Express from Jajpur Keonjhar Road from January 31 to February 3 and from Kharagpur from February 1 to 5

4. Shalimar-Hyderabad-Shalimar East Coast Express from Shalimar from 1st to 4th February and from Hyderabad from 31st January to 3rd February

5. Shalimar-Visakhapatnam-Shalimar Express from Shalimar on 1st February and from Visakhapatnam on 2nd February

6. Shalimar-Puri-Shalimar Express from Shalimar on 1st & 3rd February and from Puri on 31st January & 2nd February

7. Howrah-Yesvantpur-Howrah Express from Howrah 1st & 5th February and from Yesvantpur on 31st January and 3rd February

8. Shalimar-Puri-Shalimar Express from Shalimar on 2nd February and from Puri on 1st February

9. Bhanjapur-Puri-Bhanjapur Special from Bhanjapur on 3rd February and from Puri on 4th February

10. Visakhapatnam-Digha-Visakhapatnam Express from Visakhapatnam on 3rd February and from Digha on 4th February

11. Shalimar-Puri-Shalimar Express from Shalimar on 4th February and from Puri on 3rd February

12. Purulia–Villupuram-Purulia Express from Purulia on 4th February and from Villupuram on 2nd February

Due to safety related works in Kharagpur and Bengaluru divisions, Falaknuma Express and Prashanti Express will remain cancelled partially and Puri-Yesvantpur Express will run on diverted route as per the following:

1. Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express from Howrah on 1st, 2nd & 4th February will originate from Bhubaneswar instead of Howrah and remain cancelled from Howrah.

2. Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express from Secunderabad on 31st January & 1st & 3rd February will run between Secunderabad & Bhubaneswar and remain cancelled from Bhubaneswar.

3. Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Prashanti Express from Bhubaneswar from 3rd to 6th February will run upto Satya Sai Prashanti Nilayam (SSPN) and remain cancelled from SSPN to Bangalore.

4. Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express from Bangalore from 4th to 7th February will originate from SSPN instead of Bangalore towards Bhubaneswar and remain cancelled from Bangalore to SSPN.

The Puri-Yesvantpur-Puri Express from Puri on 4th February and from Yesvantpur on 5th February will run on diverted route via Yesvantpur- Bangarapet – Jolarpettai – Renigunta – Gudur – Vijayawada bypassing Yelahanka, Hindupur, Dharmavaram, Anantapur, Dhone, Markapur Road, Narasaraopet & Guntur Stations.