The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has changed timings of some trains under its jurisdiction. The new railway time table will be implemented from October 1, the ECoR said on Friday.
As per ECoR notification, changes have been made in the timings of the trains, extension of trains, provision of experimental stoppages, restoration of trains and new train services are also included in the time table.
The major changes in the timings will come to effect from tomorrow. In a notification, the ECoR informed that the timings of 47 number of trains have been changed compared to the earlier scheduled time at different originating Stations.
Timings of several trains have also been changed at different stations for time adjustment in view of smooth running of trains.
Timings of 10 Trains at various important Stations have been changed. These Trains are:
Timings for 20813 Puri-Jodhpur Express at Puri, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack; 18304 Puri-Sambalpur Inter City Express at Puri, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Naraj, Dhenkanal, Angul and Sambalpur; 20815/20816 Tata-Visakhapatnam-Tata Express at Tata, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam; 18518 Visakhapatnam-Korba Express at Visakhapatnam, Mahasamund, Lakholi, Raipur, Bilaspur & Korba; 18447 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur Hirakhand Express at Bhubaneswar, Vizianagaram, Rayagada, Damanjodi, Koraput, Jeypore & Jagadalpur; 18452 Puri-Hatia Tapaswini Express at Puri-Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Talcher & Angul; 18529 Durg-Visakhapatnam Express at Durg, Vizianagaram, Kottavalasa, Simhachalam & Visakhapatnam; 22809 Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express at Paradeep, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam and 17243 Guntur-Rayagada Express at Duvvada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Bobbili, Parvatipuram, Parvatipuram Town and Rayagada have been changed.
Apart from this, timings of Puri-Khurda Road-Puri Passenger Special have been changed from both the directions
Adjustment in Train Timings
Timings of 13 trains have been adjusted from the originating Stations to destination Stations. Timings of 20895 Rameswaram-Bhubaneswar Express, 22873 Digha-Visakhapatnam Express, 18423 Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town Express, 20807 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express, 22809 Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express, 18309 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express, 20810 Nanded-Sambalpur Express, 22871 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express, 12875 Puri-Anand Vihar Neelachal Express, 20815 Tata-Visakhapatnam Express, 22879 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express, 22859 Puri-Chennai Express and 12278 Puri-Howrah Express have been made adjustment by minimum of 05 minutes and maximum by 25 minutes from originating Stations to destinations Stations.
Timings of the above trains at some Stations have been changed to before and after the earlier scheduled timings.
Timings of Some Trains Speeded up
Timings of 25 trains have been speeded up by minimum of 05 minutes and maximum by 55 minutes from originating Stations to destinations Stations. These trains are – 18567 Visakhapatnam-Kollam Express, 12277 Howrah-Puri Express, 22834 SMVT, Bengaluru-Bhubaneswar Express, 18447 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur Hirakhand Express, 18574 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Visakhapatnam Express, 22836 Puri-Shalimar Express, 20816 Visakhapatnam-Tata Express, 18424 Nayagarh Town-Bhubaneswar Express, 18529 Durg-Visakhapatnam Express, 20804 Gandhidham-Visakhapatnam Express, 22827 Puri-Surat Express, 18304 Puri-Sambalpur Inter City, 12896 Puri-Shalimar Express, 20823 Puri-Ajmer Express, 12832 Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Express, 20861 Puri-Ahmedabad Express, 18518 Visakhapatnam-Korba Express, 12882 Puri-Shalimar Express, 18310 Jammu Tawi-Sambalpur Express, 12888 Puri-Shalimar Express, 12831 Dhanbad-Bhubaneswar Express, 18573 Visakhapatnam-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express, 18452 Puri-Hatia Tapaswini Express, 12846 SMVT, Bengaluru-Bhubaneswar Express and 20824 Ajmer-Puri Express.
Timings of the above trains at some Stations have been changed to before and after the earlier scheduled timings.
Introduction of New Trains
Three pair of Trains have been introduced in near past and are included in New Time Table. These Trains are – 58437/58438 (08423/08424) Puri-Nuagaon Road-Puri Passenger Special, 22861/22862 Howrah-Kantabanji-Howrah Express and 22305/22306 Jasidih-Bengaluru-Jasidih Express via Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam. Timings of the above trains at some Stations have been changed to before and after the earlier scheduled timings
Change in Departure Timings from originating Stations
Timings of 20813 Puri-Jodhpur Express, 18304 Puri-Sambalpur Inter City, 12896/22836/12882&12888 Puri-Shalimar Express Trains, 15643 Puri-Kamakhya Express, 20861 Puri-Ahmedabad Express, 22974 Puri-Gandhidham Express, 12146 Puri-LTT Express, 22202 Puri-Sealdah Express trains from originating Stations from Puri; 22882 Bhubaneswar-Pune Express, 18423 Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town Express from Bhubaneswar and 22809 Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express from Paradeep have been changed.
Timings of the above trains at some Stations have been changed to before and after the earlier scheduled timings.
Change in Departure Timings at Destination Stations
Timings of 12277 Howrah-Puri Express at Puri; 18424 Nayagarh Town-Bhubaneswar, 12846 SMVT- Bengaluru-Bhubaneswar Express, 22834 SMVT- Bengaluru-Bhubaneswar Express at Bhubaneswar; 20815 Tata-Visakhapatnam Express & 18529 Durg-Visakhapatnam Express at Visakhapatnam and 18304 Puri-Sambalpur Express at Sambalpur have been changed. Timings of the above trains at some Stations have been changed to before and after the earlier scheduled timings.