With an aim to provide comfortable journey to the commuters in winter rush season, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to extend the services of Bhubaneswar-New Delhi and Bhubaneswar -Yesvantpur weekly special trains by one month till January 2014.
While 02815 Bhubaneswar - New Delhi special train leaving Bhubaneswar on every Sunday will run till January 26 from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi, in the return direction, 02816 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar weekly express leaving New Delhi on every Monday will run till January 27, 2014 from New Delhi to Bhubaneswar.
This train has one AC-2 tier, four AC-3 tiers, 11 sleeper class coaches, three general second class coaches and two guard-cum- luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Cuttack, Bhadrak, Baleswar, Hijli, Bankura, Adra, Gomo, Gaya, Mughal Sarai, Allahabad and Kanpur between Bhubaneswar and New Delhi. Similarly, 02845 Bhubaneswar - Yesvantpur special train leaving Bhubaneswar on every Wednesday towards Yesvantpur will run till January 29, 2014 from Bhubaneswar to Yesvantpur. In the return direction, 02846 Yesvantpur - Bhubaneswar weekly express leaving Yesvantpur on every Thursday will run till January 30 2014 from Yesvantpur to Bhubaneswar.
It has one AC-2 tier, four AC-3 tiers, 11 sleeper class coaches, three general second class coaches and two guard-cum- luggage vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Ongole, Nellore, Gudur, Katpadi, Jolarpetai and Krishnarajapuram between Bhubaneswar and Yesvantpur. Apart from increasing the services of these two special trains, the ECoR has decided to augment additional coaches up to December 31 in six important trains to clear waitlisted tickets and avoid rush in trains.