ECoR To Resume Rourkela-Koraput, Durg-Jagadalpur Express Trains

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TraTraBhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to resume the services of 18107/18108 Rourkela-Koraput-Rourkela Express from June 13 and 18211/18212 Durg-Jagadalpur-Durg Express via Titlagarh-Rayapur-Koraput from June 17.

These trains were cancelled due to washing out of Railway Bridge in view of heavy rains causing flood situation between Theruvali and Singapur Road Stations in Rayagada-Titlagarh Railway Section under ECoR’s Sambalpur Division.

According to an ECoR release, 18107 Rourkela-Koraput Express from Rourkela will resume its service from June 13 and 18108 Koraput-Rourkela Express from Koraput will resume its service from June 14 as per its nominated days of service and scheduled timing.

Besides, 18211 Durg-Jagadalpur tri-weekly Express from Durg will resume its service from June 17 while 18212 Jagadalpur-Durg tri-weekly Express from Jagadalpur will resume its service from June 18 as per its nominated days of service and scheduled timings.

The release further said the cancellation of 58301/58302 Sambalpur-Koraput-Sambalpur Passenger has been extended up to June 30 and will be reviewed subsequently.

It may be noted that ECoR has constructed a new railway bridge between Theruvali and Singapur Road in a record time of 200 days in place of the affected railway bridge. One of the railway bridges near Theruvali was completely washed away in floods last year due to heavy rain resulting in the disruption in train services.