To ensure safety of road commuters and avoid accident at unmanned level crossings, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has taken steps to construct limited Height Sub-ways (lHSs) between Kottabommali and Tilaru stations in Palasa-Vizianagaram Railway Section under the Waltair Railway Division of the ECoR on February 16, 18 and 20.
As a result, a few trains will be rescheduled or may get controlled en route suitably and be delayed. Among the trains, the Howrah-Yesvantpur Express has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 11pm on February 15 and 20 and at 11.30 pm on February 17 instead of 8.35pm.
Similarly, the Bhubaneswar-Howrah Prashanti Express scheduled to leave Bhubaneswar at 5.30am on February 16, 18 and 21will leave at 7am. The Tirupati-Puri Express scheduled to leave Tirupati on February 15, 17 and 20 has been rescheduled to leave Tirupati at 1.05 instead of 10.35am. The Chennai-Puri Express scheduled to leave Chennai at 4.25 pm will leave at 6.25 pm. The Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Visakha Express will leave Secunderabad at 5.50pm instead of 4.50pm on February 15, 17 and 20.
Besides, the Bhagalpur-Yesvantpur Express scheduled to leave Bhagalpur on February 17 will be controlled enroute from one hour to two hours. The Palasa-Visakhapatnam passenger and Visakhapatnam-Gunupur passenger trains will remain cancelled on February 16, 18 and 21.