Long-Distance Train Services Resume From Puri

Bhubaneswar: In a huge relief to stranded passengers, three long-distance Express trains will commence their journeys from Puri on Wednesday, five days after cyclone Fani ripped the holy town apart.

The trains are the Puri-New Delhi Purushottam express, Puri-Durg express and Puri-Hatia Tapaswini express, ECoRly said in a statement.

The decision was taken after railways successfully ran a special train between Khurda road station and Puri on Tuesday.

Railway infrastructure in Puri has been badly damaged, and officials said it will take sometime before normalcy is restored.

Eight trains originating from Puri were cancelled on Wednesday while two other trains will originate from Bhubaneswar instead of Puri.

The two trains originating from Bhubaneswar are the Nandankanan Express to New Delhi and Kalinga Utkal express to Haridwar.

Similarly, five trains will originate from Khurda Road station on Wednesday instead of Puri. They are the Dhauli Express for Howrah, Sambalpur Intercity Express, Puri-Howrah Express, Jagannath Express to Howrah and Indore Humsafar Express.

Apart from this, some of the local passenger trains will also resume services from Thursday.

They are:

Kharagpur-Jajpur-Keonjhar Road-Kharagpur Passenger

Kharagpur-Bhadrak-Kharagpur Passenger

Balasore-Bhadrak-Balasore Passenger

Howrah-Bhadrak-Howrah Passenger

Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar-Bhadrakh MEMU

Cuttack-Palasa-Cuttack Passenger

Cuttack-Ichhapuram-Cuttack MEMU

Angul-Puri-Angul MEMU

Bhubaneswar-Brahmapur-Bhubaneswar MEMU

Bhubaneswar-Palasa-Bhubaneswar MEMU