To avoid rush in regular trains, the East Coast Railway has decided to augment additional coaches permanently in Jodhpur, Sai Nagar Shirdi and lokmanya Tilak Terminus (lTT) bound trains from Puri and Chennai and Nizamuddin and Sainagar Shirdi bound trains from Visakhapatnam with effect from first week of April.
The Puri-Jodhpur-Puri Express, Puri-Sai Nagar Shirdi-Puri Express, and the Puri-lTT-Puri Express will be augmented with one additional AC-3 tier coach each permanently from both the directions and will run with 23 coaches.
Similarly, the Visakhapatnam-Sai Nagar Shirdi-Visakhapatnam Express, and the Visakhapatnam-Chennai-Visakhapatnam Express would be augmented with one AC-3 tier coach each from both the directions and will run with 19 coaches. The Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Express will also be augmented with one AC-3 tier Coach each permanently from both the directions.