Bhubaneswar, Nov 29 : The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to increase the services of special trains currently running under its jurisdiction keeping in view of the passengers demand.
ECoR sources on Wednesday said some more special trains have also been decided to run to various destinations through the East Coast Railway to avoid overcrowding in winter.
Train No 08579/08580 Visakhapatanam-Secunderabad-Visakhapatanam Special train departing every Wednesday from Visakhapatnam and every Thursday from Secunderabad will run now till February 1, 2024.
The Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Special Train which departs every Monday from Visakhapatnam and every Tuesday from Tirupati will run now till January 30, 2024.
The Visakhapatnam-Bengaluru Special Train departing every Sunday from Visakhapatnam and every Monday from Bengaluru will now run till January 29, 2024.
The Srikakulam Road-Kollam-Srikakulam Road Special will depart from Srikakulam every Saturday from November 25, 2023 to January 27, 2024 at 11 AM while on the return route this train will leave Kollam on every Sunday from November 26, 2023 to January 28, 2024.
The Visakhapatnam-Kollam-Visakhapatnam Special will leave Visakhapatnam from November 29, 2023 to January 31, 2024 on every Wednesday at 08.20 AM while on the return route this train will run from 30 November 2023 to February 1, 2024 From Kollam every Thursday at 7:35 PM.
The Puri-Patna-Puri Special will leave Puri every Saturday at 02.55 PM and every Sunday at 01.45 PM from Patna till December 30, 2023.
The Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad-Bhubaneswar Special running daily between Puri and Dhanbad will run till December 30.The train leaves Puri at 08:25 PM and leaves Dhanbad at 04:00 PM.
The Bhanjpur (Baripada)-Puri- Bhanjpur Special will leave Bhanjpur on every Thursday and Saturday till December 31. It will leave Puri on every Friday and Sunday.
The Santragachi-Puri-Santragachi Special will depart from Santragachi every Friday till December 30 2023 and from Puri on every Saturday.
The Sambalpur-Erode-Sambalpur Special will run till March 2024 from Sambalpur every Wednesday and Erode every Friday.
The ECoR has taken the decision by reviewing the passenger profile management as these trains on the above routes are running with extra passengers.
