Bhubaneswar: To manage the heavy rush of devotees traveling to Puri for the auspicious Kartik Purnima festival and the associated Boita Bandana rituals, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) is operating special passenger trains connecting Berhampur with Puri, on November 4-5-6.
“The passenger special trains are being run to accommodate the surge of passengers and devotees visiting Puri for the holy occasion, including taking holy dips and participating in the rituals connected with Kartik Purnima,” an ECoR release said.
The trains are as follows
Brahmapur-Puri-Brahmapur passenger specials (Train No.08417/18418)
1. Train No.08417, Brahmpur-Puri, passenger special will leave from Brahmapur at 20.35 hrs (8.35 PM) on November 4 (Tuesday) and will reach Puri at 01.30 hrs (1.30 AM) on November 5.
2. Train No.08418, Puri-Brahmapur passenger special will leave from Puri at 03.00 hrs (3 AM) on November 5 (Wednesday) and will reach Brahmapur at 7.15 hrs (7.15 AM) the same day.
Puri-Brahmapur passenger special (Train No.08448)
3. Train No.08448, Puri-Brahmapur passenger special will leave from Puri at 5.00 hrs (5 AM) on November 6 (Thursday) and will reach Brahmapur at 9.30 hrs (9.30 AM) the same day.
These trains will have stoppage at Jagannathpur, Chatrapur, Ganjam, Humma, Rambha, Khallikot, Chilika, Balugaon, Gangadharpur, Kuhuri, Kaluparaghat, Bhusandpur, Nirakarpur, Tapang, Kaipadar road, Haripurgram, Motori, Kanas Road, Delang, Biropurushottampur, sakhigopal and malatipatpur, between Brahmapur and Puri, bypassing the Khurda Road junction, it added.
