To provide journey facility to the commuters, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to provide stoppage of some trains at different stations on an experimental basis for a period of six months from Saturday.
Railway stations at Kalupadaghat, Kenduapada, Naraj Marthapur, Bamur, Dungripali, Soro and Belpahar in Odisha and Bobbili in Andhra Pradesh will get more train Stoppages. Apart from this, some trains originating and passing through East Coast Railway jurisdiction will also get additional stoppages beyond its jurisdiction.
The Bhubaneswar-Balangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express will stop at Bamur and the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Inter City Express will stop at Naraj Marthapur.
The Howrah-Satyasai Prashanti Nilayam (SSPN)-Howrah Express will stop at Kalupadaghat and the Howrah-Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express will stop at Kenduapada.
The Puri-Gandhidham-Puri Express will stop at Bobbili and the Howrah-Titilagarh-Howrah Ispat Express will stop at Dungripali. The Puri-Anand Vihar Terminus (New Delhi)-Puri Neelachal Express will stop at Soro and the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)-Bhubaneswar-LTT Express will stop at Belpahar.
Besides, the Railways has decided to increase the frequency of Rourkela-Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Express and Villupuram-Purulia-Villupuram Express.
The Rourkela-Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Express from Rourkela (except Saturday) and from Gunupur (except Sunday) will run daily.
The Villupuram-Purulia-Villupuram Express from Villupuram from Purulia will run twice a week instead of once in a week. However, this train will run as a special train between Hijli and Purulia from March 6 to June 26 and between Purulia & Hijli from March 8 to June 28.
These apart, the Railways has also decided to run a tri-weekly Special Train between Sambalpur and Shalimar via Angul and Bhadrak.
The Shalimar-Sambalpur-Shalimar Special will run from Shalimar between March 18 and June 28 on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from Sambalpur between March 19 and June 29 on every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.