0 Trains from (VDS)VIDYASAGAR to (HLDD)HALDI ROAD

EXPERIMENTAL STOPPAGE FOR DIFFERENT TRAINS AT VARIOUS STATIONS:

 â—        Additional Stoppages for 19 Trains at 07 Stations.

 â—        03 pairs of trains will have stoppages at Kotpar Road Stations.

 â—        02 pairs of trains will have stoppages at Sakhigopal Stations.

 â—        01 pair each at Kalupadaghat, Attabira & Lanjigarh Rd Stations.

 â—        02 trains will have stoppages at Soro Stations.

 â—        Baidyanathdham Express will to stop at Vidyasagar Station.

For the convenience of passengers and in view of demands from passengers, it has been decided to provide stoppages of 19 trains at 07 Stations o­n an experimental basis.

01.18107/18108 Rourkela-Jagadalpur-Rourkela from Rourkela o­n 1^st June and from Jagadalpur o­n 2^nd June will stop at Kotpar Road Station. This train from Rourkela will arrive at Kotpar Road at 0845hrs and will leave at 0847hrs. In the return direction, this train from Jagadalpur will arrive at Kotpar Road at 1443hrs and will leave at 1445hrs.

02.18447/18448 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express from both the directions w.e.f. 1^st June 2023 will provide stoppage at Kotpar Road. This train from Bhubaneswar will arrive at Kotpar Road at 0955hrs and will leave at 0957hrs. In the return direction, this train from Jagadalpur will arrive at Kotpar Road at 1703hrs and will leave at 0705hrs.

03.18514/18513 Visakhapatnam-Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Express from Visakhapatnam w.e.f. 1^stJune and from Kirandul w.e.f. 2^nd June will provide stoppage at Kotpar Road. This train from Visakhapatnam will arrive at Kotpar Road at 0413hrs and will leave at 0415hrs. In the return direction, this train from Kirandul will arrive at Kotpar Road at 1900hrs and will leave at 1902hrs.

04.18117/18118 Rourkela-Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Express from Rourkela w.e.f. 4^thJune and from Gunupur w.e.f. 5^th June will provide stoppage at Kaluparaghat Station. This train from Rourkela will arrive at Kalupadaghat at 0713hrs and will leave at 0715hrs. In the return direction, this train from Gunupur will arrive at Kaluparaghat at 2046hrs and will leave at 2048hrs.

05.12843/12844 Puri-Ahmedabad-Puri Express from Puri w.e.f. 6^th June and from Ahmedabad w.e.f. 5^th June will have stoppage at Sakhigopal Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Sakhigopal at 1747hrs and will leave at 1749hrs. In the return direction, this train from Ahmedabad will arrive at Sakhigopal at 0730hrs and will leave at 0732hrs.

06.12822/12821 Puri-Shalimar-Puri Dhauli Express from both the directions w.e.f. 6^th June will have stoppage at Sakhigopal Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Sakhigopal at 1041hrs and will leave at 1043hrs. In the return direction, this train from Shalimar will arrive at Sakhigopal at 1715hrs and will leave at 1717hrs.

07.20809/20810 Sambalpur-Nanded-Sambalpur Express from both the directions w.e.f. 5^thJune will have stoppage at Attabira Station. This train from Sambalpur will arrive at Attabira at 1113hrs and will leave at 1115hrs. In the return direction, this train from Nanded will arrive at Attabira at 1738hrs and will leave at 1740hrs.

08.20837/20838 Bhubaneswar-Junagarh Road-Bhubaneswar Express from Bhubaneswar w.e.f. 3^rdJune and from Junagarh Road w.e.f. 4^th June will have stoppage at Lanjigarh Road. This train from Bhubaneswar will arrive at Lanjigarh Road at 0720hrs and will leave at 0722hrs. In the return direction, this train from Junagarh Road will arrive at Lanjigarh Road at 1845hrs and will leave at 1847hrs.

09.18410 Puri-Shalimar Shri Jagannath Express from Puri w.e.f. 30^th May 2023 will provide stoppage at Soro Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Soro at 0302hrs and will leave at 0303hrs.

10.18477 Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Kalinga Utkal Express from Puri w.e.f. 30^th May 2023 will provide stoppage at Soro Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Soro at 0102hrs and will leave at 0103hrs.

11.18449 Puri-Patna Baidyanathdham Express from Puri w.e.f. 5^th June 2023 will provide stoppage at Vidyasagar. This train from Puri will arrive at Vidyasagar at 0314hrs and will leave at 0316hrs.

To further strengthen bilateral relationship, 20 Broad Gauge (BG) locomotives were virtually flagged off to Bangladesh in a handing over ceremony held today at Rail Bhavan New Delhi, by Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways. From the Bangladesh end, Minister of Railway, Md. Nurul Islam Sujan also joined in virtually. The event was attended by Shri A.K.Lahoti, Chairman & CEO, Railway Board, Board Members, senior officials of Railway Board and delegates of Bangladesh.

The handing over of these diesel locomotives, under grant assistance from the Government of India, fulfills an important commitment made during the visit of Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina to India, in October, 2019. In keeping with the requirements of Bangladesh Railway, the locomotives have been suitably modified by the Indian side. These locomotives will help handle the increasing volume of passenger and freight train operations in Bangladesh.

Speaking o­n this occasion, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “India’s relationship with Bangladesh is civilizational, cultural, social and economic. Prime Ministers of both the countries are playing proactive role to improve bilateral relationship across social, economic and political sectors. Indian Railways are also playing a vital role in improving and strengthening rail connectivity across the border and improving trade between both the countries. As of now, five BG connectivity are operational, namely Geda- Darsana, Benapol- Petrapol, Singhabad- Rohanpur, Radhikapur- Birol and Haldibari-Chilahati. Work o­n two more cross border rail connectivities, Akhaura-Agartala and Mahihasan-Shahbazpur are progressing well and are likely to be completed and commissioned shortly.”

Addressing the gathering virtually, Minister of Railway, Bangladesh Mr. Md. Nurul Islam Sujan said, “I express my gratitude to the Indian Government for their support. Previously in June 2020 Indian Government provided 10 locomotives to Bangladesh as grant. We express our heartfelt gratitude to India for providing broad gauge locomotives. The supply of locomotives will help to improve both goods and passenger trains. We hope that existing collaboration between two countries regarding Railways sector will increase day by day.”

To enhance people to people contact, presently three pairs of passenger trains between India and Bangladesh, namely, Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express, Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Express and New Jalpaiguri- Dhaka Mitali Express are running.

Trade between both the countries via rail have seen consistent growth with interchange of close to 100 cargo trains per month and approximately 2.66 MT cargo was sent to Bangladesh in the last financial year. The export commodities are Stone, DOC, Foodgrains, China Clay, Gypsum, Maize, o­nion and other essential items, as and when required, from India. Since 2020 permission has been given to operate parcel container and NMG rakes which normally carry agricultural products, fabrics, finished goods, light commercial vehicles and tractors. A new traffic of geo-synthetic bags has just started and 3 Parcel trains have been sent from Gujarat.

In line with Indian commitment to improve Rail service in Bangladesh, 10 BG Diesel locomotives were handed over to Bangladesh o­n grant basis in July 2020. As reported by Bangladesh, these locomotives are performing well and contributing well in smooth movement rail traffic in Bangladesh.