Third Rail Line Between Barang & Khurda Road Commissioned In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited third line between Barang and Khurda Road in Odisha has been commissioned, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said on Monday.

This third line railway section was commissioned after inspection of last patch of work between Mancheswar and Bhubaneswar by the Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS) and the required sanction, ECoR said in a press release.

This is an important Safety Related work to link tracks. Signalling System works have also been taken up for a hassle-free train movement between Barang and Khurda Road in future.

After completion of this project works, train services between Barang and Khurda Road will be easier as trains to and from Naraj route and Cuttack Route and from Puri and Berhampur side will not face any difficulties.

To make hassle free traffic movement, ECoR has cancelled and partially cancelled some of the trains, temporarily.

The major focus on the scheduling of trains was to keep the requirements of daily passengers in consideration; hence all efforts were made for minimum hindrance to passengers. After completion of this work, the bottleneck area for train movements like in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road will be easier.

Apart from this, ECoR had also announced about the cancellation and partial cancellation of trains much prior to the actual dates. It was also made available through social media. It is appealed to all passengers to go through these details before planning their journey.