The East Coast Railway (ECoR) would run a special train to Ernakulam from Bhubaneswar via Visakhapatnam for evacuation of stranded passengers from Kerala to the northern parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. The train would run from August 23, informed an ECoR release on Tuesday.
08463 Bhubaneswar-Ernakulam Special Train would leave Bhubaneswar at 0400hrs on August 23 and would reach at Ernakulam at 1230hrs on August 24.
In the return direction, 08464 Ernakulam-Bhubaneswar would leave Ernakulam at 1730hrs on August 24 and would arrive at Bhubaneswar at 0545hrs on August 26.
The train has six sleeper class coaches, 10 second class seating and two guard-cum-luggage cans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Duvvada, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Ongole, Renigunta, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode, Coimbatore and Penukonda in both the directions.