To make train journey more convenient for daily passengers, the East Coast Railway has decided to provide more stoppages to some trains with effect from January 1 on an experimental basis.
The Puri-Sambalpur-Puri Inter City Express would have additional stoppages at Mancheswar and Bamur stations while the Bhubaneswar-Balangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express would stop at the Mancheswar station. Similarly, the Kharagpur-Khordha Road-Kharagpur fast passenger train will stop at the lingaraj Temple Road and Manjuri Road stations.
The Bhubaneswar-Bolangir Inter City Express will arrive at Mancheswar at 6.54 am and will stay for two minutes only. Its return train will arrive at Macheswar at 9.22 pm and will leave at 9.24 pm.
The Sambalpur-Puri Inter City Express will arrive at Bamur and Macheswar at 7.25 am and 10.28 am, respectively. In the return direction the train will arrive at Mancheswar and Bamur 5.24 pm and 8.30 pm respectively. The train will stay for one minute at these stations.
Similarly, the Kharagpur-Khurda Road Fast Passenger would arrive at the Manjuri Road at 9.14 am and at the lingaraj Temple Road at 11.42 am. In the return direction, the train would arrive at the lingaraj Temple Road at 4.35 pm and at Manjuri Road at 7.20 pm, respectively. The train would make halt for one minute at these stations.