Odishatv Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Services of Rourkela-Koraput Express will be restored temporarily on a tri-weekly basis from February 4, informed the East Coast Railway.

The up train 18107 will leave Rourkela every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday with effective from February 4 whereas the down train 18108 will leave from Koraput every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with effective from February 5, the ECoR said in a media statement on Wednesday.

Services of the train were suspended on July 16, 2016 after a railway bridge on river Nagavali near Therubali in Rayagada district was washed away due to heavy flow of flood water.

After repair work on the bridge, a decision has been taken to resume the railway services, stated the ECoR.

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