Three more pairs of winter special trains with additional berths would run to ease rush of passengers in the East Coast Railways jurisdiction.
The trains are Puri-Rourkela-Puri Special via Bhadrak and Tata, Puri-Santragachhi-Puri Special Fare Train and Visakhapatnam-Tata-Visakhapatnam Special Fare Train.
The Puri-Rourkela train will leave Puri every Wednesday and will reach at Rourkela the next day between December 7 and January 11. In the return direction, the train will leave Rourkela every Thursday and will arrive at Puri the following days between December 8 and January 12.
The train will stop at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Baleswar, Hijli, Tata and Chakradharpur between Puri and Rourkela from both the directions.
The Santragachhi-Puri train will leave Santragachhi every Thursday and will reach Puri on Friday between December 8 and January 26. In the return direction, the train will leave Puri every Friday and will arrive at Santragachhi the same day between December 9 and January 27.
The train will stop at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Baleswar and Kharagpur between Puri and Santragachhi from both the directions.
The Tata-Visakhapatnam train will leave Tata every Friday and will reach Visakhapatnam on Saturdays between December 2 and January 27. In the return direction, the train will leave Visakhapatnam every Saturday and will arrive at Tata on Sundays between December 3 and January 28. The train will stop at Rajkharsuan, Chaibasa, Dongoaposi, Bansapani, Nayagarh, Kendujhargarh, Harichandanpur, Sukinda Road, Jakhapura, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram between Tata and Visakhapatnam from both the directions.IJ