The South Eastern Railway ( SER) announced the stoppage of several special trains at Bamra in Odisha. The move is based on an experimental basis and will depend on the response of the passengers. If the passenger flow is increased SER will continue to ensure stoppages of the trains.
Railway officials at Garden Reach, the Kolkata-based headquarters of South Eastern Railway said that the decision has been taken after repeated demands of the passengers.
As per the plans, Howrah-Ahmedabad Special ( 02834/02833) and Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Special ( 02861/02862) will stop at Bamra while another train Rajendranagar-Durg Special (03288/03287) will stop at Bamra as well as Bagdehi, also in Odisha on an experimental basis upto August 31.
Moreover, the Howrah-Ahmedabad Special which runs via Tatanagar railway station will arrive at Bamra at 6.54 am and will depart at 6.55 am. In the opposite direction, the Ahmedabad-Howrah Special will arrive at Bamra at 5.54 am and will depart at 5.55 am. The Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Special will arrive at Bamra at 6.11 am and depart at 6.12 am. In the return journey, the Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Special will arrive at Bamra at 8.01pm and depart at 8.02 pm.
The Rajendranagar-Durg Special will arrive at Bamra at 12.09 pm and Bagdehi at 12.20 pm . In both the stations the train will have a stoppage of one minute.
On the opposite journey, the Durg-Rajendranagar Special will arrive Bagdehi at 1.57 pm and Bamra at 2.08 pm. On the return journey to the train will have stoppages of one minute at both the stations.