Coronavirus Fightback: ECoR cancels several trains in Odisha For Janta Curfew

Bhubaneswar: Taking due note of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for Janta Curfew on March 22 in view of the outbreak of COVID-19, the East Coast Railway on Saturday cancelled several trains originating from different districts in Odisha on March 22.

Following is the complete list of Mail/Express Trains to be cancelled on March 22.

ORIGINATING TRAINS CANCELLED FROM PURI:

01.22859 Puri-Chennai Express

02.12822 Puri-Howrah Dhauli Express

03.18304 Puri-Sambalpur Inter City Express

ORIGINATING TRAINS CANCELLED FROM BHUBANESWAR:

01.12074 Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express

02.12819 Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar (New Delhi) Odisha Sampark Kranti Express

03.18463 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Prashanti Express

04.12892 Bhubaneswar-Bangiriposi Express

05.12893 Bhubaneswar-Balangir Inter City Express

06.22819 Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Inter City Express

07.22871 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express

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ORIGINATING TRAINS CANCELLED FROM SAMBALPUR ON 22.03.2020:

01.18303 Sambalpur-Puri Inter City Express

02.18301 Sambalpur-Rayagada Inter City Express

03.20809 Sambalpur-Nanded Nagavali Express

ORIGINATING TRAINS CANCELLED FROM RAYAGADA ON 22.03.2020:

01.18302 Rayagada-Sambalpur Inter City Express

ORIGINATING TRAINS CANCELLED FROM BALANGIR ON 22.03.2020:

01.12894 Balangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express

ORIGINATING TRAINS CANCELLED FROM VISAKHAPATNAM ON 22.03.2020:

01.22820 Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express

02.22810 Visakhapatnam-Paradeep Express

03.18514 Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Express

ORIGINATING TRAINS CANCELLED ON 22.03.2020:

01.18513 Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Express from Kirandul

02.12821 Howrah-Puri Dhauli Express from Howrah

03.12073 Howrah-Bhubaneswar Jan Shatabdi Express from Howrah

In repurcation to the above trains from different originating stations over East Coast Railway on March 22, the following trains will remain cancelled as follows:

01.22860 Chennai-Puri Express from Chennai on 23.03.2020

02.18464 Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express from Bangalore on 23.03.2020

03.12891 Bngiriposi-Bhubaneswar Express from Bangiriposi on 23.03.2020.

04.22809 Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express from Paradeep on 25.03.2020.

05.20810 Nanded-Sambalpur Nagavali Express from Nanded on 23.03.2020.

06.22872 Tirupati-Bhubaneswar Express from Tirupati on 23.03.2020.

07.12820 Anand Vihar-Bhubaneswar Odisha Sampark Kranti Express from Anand

Vihar on 24.03.2020

08.22701/22702 Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam Express from

Visakhapatnam from 23rd to 31st March, 2020 from both the directions.

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RESCHEDULING OF TRAINS ON 22.03.2020:

01.18452 Puri-Hatia Tapaswini Express will leave Puri at 2245hrs instead of 1955hrs.

02.18477 Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express will leave Puri at 2255hrs instead of

2050hrs.

03.12801 Puri-New Delhi Purusottam Express will leave Puri at 2305hrs instead of

2145hrs.

04.20805 Visakhapatnam-New Delhi AP Express will leave Visakhapatnam at 2215hrs instead of 2200hrs.

This apart many local passenger trains have also been cancelled. Following is complete list of those trains:

FROM BHUBANESWAR –

01.68411 Bhubaneswar-Brahmapur MEMU

02.68419 Bhubaneswar-Palasa MEMU

03.68408 Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak MEMU

FROM PURI –

01.58404 Puri-Khurda Road Passenger

02.58410 Puri-Khurda Road Passenger

03.68414 Puri-Talcher MEMU

04.68422 Puri-Angul MEMU

05.68416 Puri-Cuttack MEMU

FROM BHADRAK –

01.68407 Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar MEMU

02.68423 Bhadrak-Cuttack MEMU

FROM BERHAMPUR

01.68412 Brahmapur-Bhubaneswar MEMU

FROM PALASA

01.68420 Palasa-Bhubaneswar MEMU

02.67282 Palasa-Vizianagaram MEMU

FROM CUTTACK:

01.68424 Cuttack-Bhadrak MEMU

02.68415 Cuttack-Puri MEMU

03.68401 Cuttack-Paradeep MEMU

04.68433 Cuttack-Ichhapuram MEMU

FROM KHURDA ROAD:

01.58403 Khurda Road-Puri Passenger

02.58429 Khurda Road-Mhipur Passenger

03.58431 Khurda Road-Mhipur Passenger

04.58409 Khurda Road-Puri Passenger

FROM PARADEEP:

01.68402 Paradeep-Cuttack MEMU

FROM MAHIPUR:

01.58430 Mahipur-Khurda Road Passenger

02.58432 Mahipur-Khurda Road Passenger

FROM TALCHER/ANGUL:

01.68413 Talcher-Puri MEMU

02.68421 Angul-Puri MEMU

FROM BALANGIR/BICHHUPALLI:

01.58305 Balangir-Bichhupali Passenger

02.58306 Bichhupali-Balangir Passenger

03.58307 Balangir-Bichhupali Passenger

04.58308 Bichhupali-Balangir Passenger

FROM GUNUPUR:

01.58505 Gunupur-Visakhapatnam Passenger

Similarly, Indian Railways relaxed refund rules for PRS counter generated tickets. Passengers have been advised to avail the facility & avoid coming to Railway Stations to check spread of coronavirus.

Indian Railways relaxes refund Rules for PRS counter generated tickets. Passengers are advised to avail the facility & avoid coming to Railway Stations to check spread of #coronavirus.#NoRailTravel #IndiaFightsCoronavirus #COVID2019 pic.twitter.com/p2wGJ4wx3w

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