In view of continuous rush towards different destinations and demands from public to run trains towards Amritsar for 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev and towards Bangalore and Bhopal, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has planned to run a Suvidha Special Train between Bhubaneswar and Bangalore and between Puri and Bhopal.
The Puri-Amritsar-Puri Special Train will leave Puri at 2335hrs on November 9 (Saturday) and will reach at Amritsar at 2330hrs on Monday. In the return direction, the train will leave Amritsar at 2345hrs on November 13 (Tuesday) and will arrive at Puri at 2230hrs on Thursday.
This train has two AC-3 Tier, five Sleeper Class, 11 Second Class Seating and two Guard cum luggage vans in its compositions having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Angul, Rairakhol, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Balangir, Titilagarh, Kantabanji, Khariar Road in East Coast Railway jurisdiction and important stations between Puri and Amritsar via Raipur, Anuppur, Shahdol, Katni Murwara, Jhansi, Agra, New Delhi, Ambala Cant and Ludhiana.
Similarly, the Habibganj-Puri-Habibganj (Bhopal) Special Train train now running will be extended up to November last week. This train is leaving Habibganj at 0720hrs on every Tuesday and arriving at Puri at 1000hrs on every Wednesdays. In the return direction, the train is leaving Puri at 1500hrs on every Wednesday and reaching at Habibganj at 1525hrs on every Thursday. This train is running via Bhubaneswar, Angul, Sambalpur City, Jharsuguda Road, Raigarh, Bilaspur, New Katni, Jabalpur and Itarsi having One 1st cum 2nd AC, one AC-2 Tier, 03 AC-3 Tier, 11 Sleeper Class, two Second Class Seating and two Guard cum luggage Vans.
The Bhubaneswar-Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Special Train will leave Bhubaneswar at 2305hrs on every Monday between November 4 and 25 and will reach at Bangalore at 2355hrs on the following days. In the return direction, the train will leave Bangalore at 0540hrs on every Wednesday between November 6 and 27 and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 0730hrs on the next days.
This train will have stoppages at important stations between Bhubaneswar and Bangalore.