Railways To Run 16 Winter Special Trains Through ECoR Jurisdiction

Bhubaneswar: To handle the winter rush, the Indian Railways has decided to run 16 special trains to different destinations under East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction from January 1 to April 1.

From Jan 1

Santragachi-Coimbatore Special

Sambalpur-Banswadi (Bengaluru) Special

Chennai Central-Santragachi Special

 From Jan 2

Bhubaneswar -Secunderabad special

From Jan 3

Santragachi-Chennai Central Special

Puri-Santragachi Special Fare Weekly Special

Shalimar-Puri-Santragachi Weekly AC Special

Hatia-Bangalore Cant Special

From Jan 4 

Puducherry-Santragachi Special

From Jan 5

Kacheguda-Srikakulam Road Special

From Jan 6

Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Special

Kacheguda-Tatanagar Weekly Special

From Jan 7

Kacheguda-Srikakulam Special

Visakhapatnam-Secundarabad Weekly Special

Two trains- Kolkata-Puri Special and Visakhapatnam-Araku Special- are already running from December 23.

The decision to run these trains was taken after reviewing the long waiting lists in regular trains. Now, waitlisted passengers can book confirmed tickets in these special trains. on IRCTC website, its mobile app or at the PRS counters, an ECoR release said.