To provide comfortable journey and clear waitlist positions of passengers in the south-bound trains, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to extend the services of south-bound trains, including the Santragachhi-Chennai and Santragachhi-Ernakulam Superfast Special trains and Howrah-Yesvantpur and Howrah-Chennai Premium Special trains till last week of August.
The Santragachhi-Chennai weekly Superfast Special train leaving from Santragachhi on every Thursday will run up to August 30 having stoppages at Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Vizianagaram and Visakhapattnam.
Similarly, the Santragachhi-Ernakulam weekly Superfast Express leaving Santragachi on every Saturday will run till September 2 having stoppages at Bhadrak, Jajpur, Keonjhar Road, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam.
Besides, the Howrah-Chennai weekly Premium Superfast Express leaving Howrah on every Friday will run till August 30 having stoppages at Bhubaneswar and Duvvada between Howrah and Chennai.
The Howrah-Yesvantpur weekly Premium Superfast Express leaving Howrah on every Monday will run till August 27 having stoppages at Bhubaneswar and Duvvada. However, the timings and stoppages for these trains will remain unchanged.