To provide comfortable journey, the East Coast Railway has lined up special trains to and from Puri on the occasion of Sandhya Darshan, Bahuda and Sunavesa of lord Jagannath and His siblings, lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra.
As many as 49 special trains will run as passenger trains and will stop at each and every station, informed an official release.
The Bhubaneswar-Bangiriposi-Bhubaneswar Express has been extended up to Puri till July 9. Apart from this, a large number of extra coaches have been kept to provide service as per requirement. Elaborate arrangements have been made for cleaning and watering of trains for ensuring pleasant and comfortable journey.
For Sandhya Darshan, a special train will leave Cuttack at 7.30 am towards Puri and will return to Cuttack at 7 pm from Puri.
For the Bahuda Yatra, special trains from Visakhapatnam, Kharagpur, Balangir, Kendujhargarh and Bhadrak will leave on July 6 and from Paradip, Cuttack and Brahmapur on July 7 towards Puri at various timings as announced earlier.
These trains would leave Puri towards their respective destinations on July 7 evening.
Similarly, special trains from Cuttack, Bhadrak, Angul, Brahmapur, Kendujhargarh, Balangir, Palasa, Paradip and Visakhapatnam will leave on July 8 towards Puri and will return from there in the night of the same day towards different destinations.IJ