Prashanti Express Partially Cancelled & SSPN Express Diverted For 2 Months

Bhubaneswar: In view of safety related modernisation work, Prashanti Express will run on diverted route and Howrah-Satya Sai Prashanti Nilayam (SSPN) Express have been cancelled partially for two months.

The Indian Railways, in a release on Wednesday, said the modernisation work has been taken up in connection with rehabilitation of unlined portion of tunnels and bridges between Satya Sai Prashanti Nilayam and Basampalle railway stations under South-Western Railway jurisdiction.

As a result, 22831/22832 Howrah-SSPN-Howrah Express from Howrah on every Wednesday from December 6 to 7 and from SSPN on every Friday from December 8 to 9 will be cancelled partially between Dharmavaram and SSPN on both directions.

Similarly, 18464/18463 Bengaluru-Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru Prashanti Express from Bengaluru from December 8 to February 8, 2024 and from Bhubaneswar from December 7 to February 7, 2024 will run on diverted route of Penukonda-Nagasamudram-Dharmavaram on both directions.