East Coast Railway on Friday announced that a total of 213 trains, including 63 special ones would run during the entire Car Festival period of Lord Jagannath. The period includes Gundicha Yatra, Sandhya Darshan, Bahuda and Sunavesha. Last year, the number of trains was 213 only.
Divisional Railway Manager of East Coast Railway Sanjeev Garg told reporters about the announcement at a Press Conference held at Khurda. He said one special train will leave Kharagpur at 4.40 am on July 13 and will arrive at Puri at 2 pm. While returning, this train will leave Puri at 3.30 pm on Rath Yatra day and will arrive at Kharagpur at 11.45 pm on the same day.
One special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 6.00 pm on July 12 and will arrive at Puri at 7.30 am on the Rath Yatra day. In the return direction, this Passenger Special will leave Puri at 11.45p.m on Rath Yatra day. It will arrive in Visakhapatnam at 11.30 am on the following day.
Three passenger trains will leave Palasa on that day towards Puri. The Palasa-Puri Special trains will leave Palasa at 4.25 am, 4.45 am and 6 am towards Puri and will reach Puri at 11.20 am, 12.50 pm and 3.20 pm. On return one special train towards Palasa will leave Puri at 4.20 pm and will arrive at 11.20 pm. Another special train from Puri will leave at 6.20 pm on Rath Yatra day and will arrive in Palasa at 1.05 am. The third special train will leave Puri at 7.40 pm and will reach Palasa at 1.45 am.
One passenger special train will leave Koraput at 10.45 am on July 12 and will arrive at Puri at 8.35 am on Rath Yatra day. While returning the train will leave Puri at 00.10 am and will arrive in Koraput at 10.30 pm on the following day.
One passenger special train will leave Kendujhargarh at 10 pm on July 12 and will reach Puri at 10 am on Rath Yatra day. On return the train will leave Puri at 10.05 pm on July 13 and will arrive at Kendujhargarh at 5.15 am on the following day. Other special trains will also run from Cuttack, Khurda, Berhampur, Dhenkanal, Bhadrak, Anugul and Paradip for the Rath Yatra. 14 special trains for Bahuda and 11 special trains for Sunavesa will run to and from Puri. Keeping in view the above arrangements, ECoR has decided to extend and divert some trains to Puri on Rath Yatra day and Bahuda day i.e. on July 13 and July 21. Bhadrak-Khalikote passenger, Khurda Road-Bhubaneswar passenger, Khurda Road-Cuttack passenger, Baripada-Bhubaneswar Express and Kharagpur-Khurda Road passenger will be extended and diverted to reach Puri on Rath Yatra day.
Source: The Pioneer
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