16 SPECIAL TRAINS (08 PAIRS)TOWARDS DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS, MORE THAN 60 THOUSAND ADDITIONAL BERTHS TO AVOID RUSH DURING WINTER

ECoR GENERATED MORE THAN 60 THOUSAND ADDITIONAL BERTHS TO AVOID RUSH DURING WINTER

16 SPECIAL TRAINS (08 PAIRS)TOWARDS DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS

With a view to provide comfort to the commuters and also to clear the huge waitlist of passengers during the peak season i.e. from December’2013 to January’2014, East Coast Railway has taken steps to run special trains towards different destinations from its jurisdiction by creating more than sixty thousand additional berths.  East Coast Railways would like passengers to avail the services of these special trains during the forthcoming Winter Season to avoid rush in regular Mail/Express long distance trains.

Railways is running 16 Special Trains (08 pairs) from and through ECoR jurisdiction towards different destinations of the country out of which 04 special trains (21 trips) are originating from East Coast Railway System. Passengers are also requested to avail these special trains for use of the available berths by purchasing tickets through internet or at the PRS Counters.

These trains are- Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Super fast Express, Bhubaneswar-Yesvantpur Super fast Express,  Visakhapatnam-Tata via Keonjhar, Puri-Sealdah, Visakhapatnam-Kollam Super fast Express. Apart from this, more berths have been created in special trains passing through ECoR jurisdiction to facilitate the passengers between Hatia & Yesvantpur via Sambalpur, Kamakhya-Yesvantpur, Kamakhya-Chennai etc.

BHUBANESWAR-NEW DELHI SPECIAL:

02815 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Special train will leave Bhubaneswar at 0810hrs o­n every Sunday between 8^th to 29^th December 2013 and will arrive at New Delhi at 0605hrs o­n every Monday. In the return direction, 02816 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Special train will leave New Delhi at 1300 hrs o­n every Monday between 9^th to 30^th December 2013 and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 1105hrs o­n every Tuesday.

This train has o­ne AC-2 tiers, Four AC-3 tiers, 13 Sleeper Classes, Two General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Van in its composition having stoppages at Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijli, Bankura, Adra, Gomo, Gaya, Mughalsarai, Allahabad and Kanpur between Bhubaneswar and New Delhi.

BHUBANESWAR-YESVANTPUR SPECIAL

02845 Bhubaneswar-Yesvantpur Special train will leave Bhubaneswar at 0745 hrs o­n every Wednesday between 4^th to 25^thDecember 2013 and will arrive at Yesvantpur at 1210hrs o­n every Thursday. In the return direction, 02846 Yesvantpur-Bhubaneswar Special train will leave Yesvantpur at 2330 hrs o­n every Thursday between 5^th to 26^thDecember 2013 and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 0330 hrs o­n every Saturday.

This train has o­ne AC-2 tiers, Four AC-3 tiers, 13 Sleeper Classes, Two General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Van in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagram and Visakhapatnam in ECoR’s jurisdiction between Bhubaneswar and Yesvantpur.

VISAKHAPATNAM-TATA SPECIAL VIA KEONJHAR:

08516 Visakhapatnam-Tata Special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 1745 hrs o­n every Sunday between 8^th to 29^thDecember 2013 and will arrive at Tata at 1045 hrs o­n the next day. In the return direction, 08515 Tata-Visakhapatnam Special train will leave Tata at 1300 hrs o­n every Monday between 9^th to 30^th December 2013 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 0440hrs o­n the following days.

This train has o­ne AC-2 tier, o­ne AC-3 tier, 05 Sleeper Class, 06 General Second Class and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Simhachalam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Palasa, Ichhapuram, Brahmapur, Chhatrapur, Balugaon, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Mancheswar, Cuttack, Jakhapura, Sukinda Road, Harichandanpur, Kendujhargarh, Nayagarh, Jaroli, Bansapani, Dongoaposi, Chaibasa and Rajkharsuan between Visakhapatnam and Tata. 

SEALDAH-PURI SPECIAL:

03101/03102 Sealdah-Puri-Sealdah weekly Special train will leave Sealdah at 12.35hrs o­n every Sunday from 22^ndto 29^th December 2013 and will arrive at Puri at 22.00hrs o­n the same day. In the return direction, this train will leave Puri at 23.45hrs on every Sunday from 22^nd to 29^th December 2013  and will arrive at Sealdah at 0920hrs o­n the following days. 

This train will have o­ne Ac First Class, o­ne AC-2 tier, Four AC-3 tier, Seven Sleeper Classes and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore and Kharagpur between Puri and Sealdah.

HATIA-YESVANTPUR SPECIAL VIA SAMBALPUR

08637 Hatia-Yesvantpur special train will leave Hatia at 1815hrs o­n every Saturday between 7^th December  2013 to 25^th January 2014 and will arrive at Yesvantpur at 0500hrs o­n every Monday. In the return direction, 08638 Yesvantpur-Hatia special train will leave Yesvantpur at 0030hrs o­n every Tuesday (Midnight of Monday) between 10^th December 2013 to 28^th January 2014 and will arrive at Hatia at 1330hrs o­n every Wednesday.

 VISAKHAPATNAM-KOLLAM SPECIAL:

08567 Visakhapatnam-Kollam special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 2330hrs o­n every Sunday between 1^ST December to 26^thJanuary 2014 and will arrive at Kollam at 0415hrs o­n Tuesday. In the return direction, 08568 Kollam-Visakhapatnam special train will leave Kollam at 0645hrs o­n every Tuesday between 3^rd December to 28^th January 2014 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 1215hrs o­n every Wednesday.

KAMAKHYA-YESVANTPUR SPECIAL VIA BHADRAK-CUTTACK-BRAHMAPUR

02552 Kamakhya-Yesvantpur Special train will leave Kamakhya at 1400 hrs o­n every Wednesday between 4^th December to 29^thJanuary 2014 and will arrive at Yesvantpur at 1830 hrs o­n every Friday. In the return direction, 02551 Yesvantpur-Kamakhya Special train will leave Yesvantpur at 0830 hrs o­n every Saturday between 7^th December 2013 to 1^stFebruary 2014 and will arrive at Kamakhya at 1330 hrs o­n every Monday.

KAMAKHYA-CHENNAI CENTRAL SPECIAL VIA BHADRAK-CUTTACK-BRAHMAPUR

02508 Kamakhya-Chennai Central Special train will leave Kamakhya at 1400 hrs o­n every Monday between 2^nd December 2013 to 27^th January 2014 and will arrive at Chennai Central at 1455 hrs o­n every Wednesday. In the return direction, 02507 Chennai Central-Kamakhya Special train will leave Chennai Central at 1100 hrs o­n every Thursday between 5^th December 2013 to 30^th January 2014 and will arrive at Kamakhya at 1230 hrs o­n every Saturday.