To avoid rush in regular trains, the East Coast Railway has decided to extend the services of Bhubaneswar-Pune Premium Special and Bhubaneswar-Patna, Puri-Santragachhi and Sambalpur-Yesvantpur special trains up to last week of March 2015, an official release informed. The EoCR urged passengers to avail facility in these trains having a large number of berths. While the Bhubaneswar-Pune Weekly Premium Special train has been extended to run till March 29, its return train would now run up to March 31. The train has stoppages at Brahmapur, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Secunderabad and Solapur.
Similarly, the Bhubaneswar-Patna Weekly special train has been extended to run till March 27 and its return train March 28. This train has stoppages at Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijli, Adra, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul, Mokama and Fathuha. The Puri-Santragachhi weekly special train would now run up to March 27 and its return train till March 28. This train has stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore and Kharagpur. The Sambalpur-Yesvantpur weekly special train leaving has been extended to run up to March 25 and its return train till March 27. This train has stoppages at Bargarh Road, Balangir, Titlagarh, Kesinga, Muniguda, Rayagada, Parvatipuram, Bobbili, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam.