Bhubaneswar: The IndiGo meltdown, leading to endless flight cancellations and delays over five days, has left thousands of travellers in a soup.
To address the sudden heightened demand for tickets and clear the extra rush of passengers, Indian Railways have stepped up to announce 89 special train services (more than 100 trips) over 3 days across multiple zones, starting on Saturday.
Of these, East Coast Railway (ECoR) will run special trains and augment additional coaches in some regular trains travelling to Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Howrah regions.
ECoR has advised passengers to check real-time availability through the IRCTC website, NTES app and Railway enquiry services.
Following are the special trains announced by ECoR:
1. Train No. 08401 Bhubaneswar – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus special will depart from Bhubaneswar on December 7
2. Train No. 08402 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Sambalpur special will depart from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on December 9
3. Train No. 08403 Puri – Delhi special will depart from Puri on December 8
4. Train No. 08404 Delhi – Bhubaneswar special will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal on December 9
5. Train No. 08501 Visakhapatnam – SMVB Bengaluru special will depart from Visakhapatnam on December 8
6. Train No. 08502 SMVB Bengaluru – Visakhapatnam special will depart from SMVB Bengaluru on December 9
Augmentation of AC coaches in Regular Trains
1. Train No.22811 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani Express on December 7 and Train No. 22812 New Delhi – Bhubaneswar Tejas Rajdhani Express on Dec 8, augmented with one 1st AC
2. Train No.22823 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani Express on Dec 8 and Train No. 22824 New Delhi – Bhubaneswar Tejas Rajdhani Express on Dec 9, augmented with one 3rd AC.
3. Train No.12882 Puri- Shalimar Garib Rath Express on Dec 8 and Dec 10, and Train No. 12881 Shalimar -Puri Garib Rath Express on Dec 9 and Dec 11, augmented with one 3rd AC Economic class coach.
4. Train No. 22883 Puri-Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express on Dec 12 and Train No. 22884 Yesvantpur -Puri Garib Rath Express on Dec 13, augmented with one 3rd AC Economic class coach.
