With a view to clearing additional rush of passengers during ensuing summer season, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run seven pairs of weekly and bi-weekly summer special trains towards different destinations of the country from its jurisdiction by creating more than 1,30,000 additional berths, stated a Press release issued by the ECoR. These trains are Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Cant bi-weekly super fast premium, Bhubaneswar-Pune weekly super fast premium, Bhubaneswar-Patna, Puri - Santragachi, Sambalpur-Yesvantpur, Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam-Tirupati weekly special trains.
The Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Cant bi-weekly premium special train will leave Bhubaneswar at 12.50 pm on every Saturday and Wednesday and will reach at Bangalore Cant at 12.40pm on the next day between April 1 and June 27. In the return direction, Bangalore Cant-Bhubaneswar bi-weekly premium special will leave Bangalore Cant at 1 pm on every Monday and Friday (just after midnight of Sunday and Thursday) and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 1.45pm on the following days between April 3 and June 29.
This will train has one AC-two tier, four AC-three tiers, 11 sleeper class coaches, two guard-cum- luggage vans and one pantry car in its composition having stoppages at Brahmapur, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Renigunta and Jolarpettai between Bhubaneswar and Bangalore Cant from both the directions. The Bhubaneswar-Pune weekly premium special train will leave Bhubaneswar at 10.15pm on every Sunday and will reach Pune at 5 am on Tuesday between April 5 and June 28. In the return direction, Pune-Bhubaneswar weekly premium special train will leave Pune at 11.15am on every Tuesday and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 5.35 pm on Wednesdays between April 7 and June 30.
It has one AC- two tier, one AC three tier, 10 sleeper class coaches, two guard-cum-luggage vans and one pantry car in its composition having stoppages at Brahmapur, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Secunderabad and Solapur between Bhubaneswar and Pune from both the directions. The Bhubaneswar-Patna weekly special train will leave Bhubaneswar at 3.30 pm on every Friday and will reach Patna at 11.40 on Saturdays between April 3and June 26. In the return direction, Patna-Bhubaneswar weekly special train will leave Patna at 2pm on every Saturday and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 7 pm on Sundays between April 4 and June 27.
This train has one AC two tier, one AC three tier, 10 sleeper class coaches, four general second class coaches and two guard-cum-luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Baleswar, Hijli, Adra, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul, Makama and Fathuha between Bhubaneswar and Patna from both the directions.
Similarly, the Puri-Santragachi weekly special train will leave Puri at 10.25 pm on every Friday and will arrive at Santragachi at 6.30pm on the following days between April 3 and June 26. In the return directions, Santragachi-Puri express will leave Santragachi at 7 pm on every Saturday and will reach Puri at 4 am on the next days between April 4 and June 27. It has one AC two tiers, one AC three tier, nine sleeper class coaches, four general second class coaches and two guard-cum-luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Baleswar and Kharagpur between Puri and Santragachi.
The Sambalpur-Yesvantpur special train will leave Sambalpur at 8.50 am on every Wednesday between April 1 and June 24 and will arrive at Yesvanpur at 4.30 pm on the next days. In the return direction, Yesvantpur-Sambalpur special train will leave Yesvantpur at 12.30 pm on every Friday (midnight of Thursday) between April 3 and June 26 and will arrive at Sambalpur at 6.15 am on the Saturdays.
This train will run with one AC two tier, one AC three tier, 10 sleeper class coaches, three general second class coaches and two guard-cum-luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Bargarh Road, Balangir, Titilagarh, Kesinga, Muniguda, Rayagada, Parvatipuram, Bibbili, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam in ECoR jurisdiction between Sambalpur and Yesvantpur.
The Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Express will leave Visakhapatnam at 11 pm on every Tuesday between April 7 and June 30 and will arrive at Secunderabad at 11.45 am on the following days. In the return direction, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam weekly express will leave Secunderabad at 4.30 pm on every Wednesday between April 8 and July 1 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 6.30 pm on the next days.
This train will run with one AC two tier, two AC three tier, nine sleeper class coaches, six general second class coaches and two guard-cum-luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Annavaram, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Elluru, Vijayawada, Khammam, Warangal and Kazipet between Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad.
The Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Express will leave Visakhapatnam at 4.45pm on every Monday between April 6 and June 29 and will arrive at Tirupati at 4.30 am on the following days. In the return direction, Tirupati-Visakhapatnam weekly Express will leave Tirupati at 4 pm on every Tuesday between April 7 and to June 30 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 5.15 am on the next days.
This train will run with one AC two tier, two AC three tiers, nine sleeper class coaches, six general second class coaches and two guard-cum-luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada and Renigunta between Visakhapatnam and Tirupati.