Services Of 2 Special Trains Extended In Odisha For One Month

Bhubaneswar: In view of the demand from passengers, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to extend the services of Puri-Santragachi-Puri and Puri-Bhanjapur-Puri Special for one more month.

According to an ECoR release on Monday, 02837/02838 Santragachhi-Puri-Santragachhi Special leaving Santragachhi every Friday and leaving Puri every Saturday has been extended upto September 30.

Similarly, 08011/08012 Bhanjapur (Baripada)-Puri- Bhanjapur Bi-weekly Special leaving Bhanjapur every Thursday and Saturday and leaving Puri every Friday and Sunday has been extended upto October 1.

The scheduled stoppages and timings at different stations for the two trains will remain unchanged.

Experimental Stoppage of Trains

It has also been decided to provide experimental stoppage of Kalinga Utkal Express and Ispat Express at Goilkera station under Chakradharpur Division of South Eastern Railway jurisdiction.

12871 Howrah-Titilagarh Ispat Express will arrive at Goilkera at 1150hrs and leave at 1151hrs from September 2 towards Titilagarh and 12872 Titilagarh-Howrah Ispat Express will arrive at Goilkera at 1221hrs and leave at 1222hrs from September 3 towards Howrah.

18477/18478 Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh-Puri Kalinga Utkal Express will have stoppage at Goilkera from September 3. This train from Puri will arrive at 0739hrs and leave at 0740hrs towards Rishikesh. In opposite direction, the train from Rishikesh will arrive at 1612hrs and leave at 1613hrs towards Puri.