Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Wednesday said that train services in Bhubaneswar would normalise from August 31.
“Extremely important project works related to 3rd line between Bhubaneswar and Mancheswar was taken up from August 17-30 along with major changes in layout of Mancheswar railway station and re-arrangement of signalling system in Bhubaneswar railway station. Entry and exit to and from Bhubaneswar Coach Maintenance Depot was badly affected during the period. Some trains originating or passing through Bhubaneswar were cancelled temporarily during the project work,” it said.
This ECoR’s announcement came amid reports of passengers having had a harrowing time on Tuesday following cancellation of many trains due to safety-related works at different stations and railway tracks. Many people came to know about the changed status only after arriving at the station here though the ECoR had informed about cancellation of trains till August 30 through public notice. Passengers of long-distance trains faced severe difficulties as the cancellation and diversion of trains forced them to remain stranded at the station for hours.
On August 14, it had informed about cancellation of 85 pairs of trains for safety-related development work at Haridaspur, Bhubaneswar, Mancheswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur and Sambalpur City railway stations.
TRAIN CANCELLED ON AUGUST 30
A. 02831 Dhanbad-Bhubaneswar Special Express
B. 07166 Cuttack-Hyderabad Special
C. 08411 Balasore- Bhubaneswar Passenger Special
D. 08413 Talcher-Puri Passenger Special
E. 08415 Jaleswar-Puri Passenger Special
F. 08441 Bhubaneswar-Brahmapur Passenger Special
G. 08443 Bhubaneswar-Palasa Passenger Special
H. 12773 Shalimar-Secunderabad Express
I. 12821 Shalimar-Puri Dhauli Express
J. 12879 LTT Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Express
K. 12897 Pondichery-Bhubaneswar Express
L. 18118 Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Express
M. 18126 Puri-Rourkela Express
N. 18448 Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express
PARTIALLY CANCELLED
A. 11020 Bhubaneswar-CSMT Mumbai Konark Express originating from Khurda Road.
B. 12703 Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express originating from Brahmapur
C. 17015 Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha originating from Khurda Road
D. 22819 Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Inter City Express originating from Khurda Road
