The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run the 18507/18508 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakud Express on diverted route via Jharsuguda Road and IB bypassing Jharsuguda from December 18.
The 18508 Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakud Express from Amritsar from December 16 and 18507 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express from Visakhapatnam from December 17 would run on diverted route via Jharsuguda Road instead of Jharsuguda.
The timings and scheduled stoppages for the train at other places would remain unchanged. For the convenience of the passengers free bus services would be provided to bonafide passengers from Jharsuguda to Jharsuguda Road and Jharsuguda Road to Jharsuguda from December 18 to March 11, 2019.