1 Trains from (VDS)VIDYASAGAR to (JIND)JIND JN

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.

·Officials from Railway Board, SCR and Other Zonal Railways also participated in the meeting.

·Representatives from leading Cement Manufactures also participated in the meeting.

A national level meeting of Officials from Indian Railways &representatives from Cement Industry was organised today i.e., o­n Saturday 22nd April 2023 at Hotel ITC Kakatiya. The meeting was organised by Cement Manufacturers association.Shri. Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Principal Executive director, Traffic transportation and Shri.KamleshkumarMishra , Executive director, Business development participated from Railway Board, New Delhi. Shri.Raveen Kumar Reddy, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, Shri. B Nagya, Principal Chief Operations Manager, South Central Railway along with other team of officials from Railway Board, SCR, Western railway and CONCOR also participated in this meeting.

 Representatives from Various cement industries such as Ultra tech, Vasavadatta Cements, My Home, Bharati, Penna, Dalmia, Orient, Jindal etcparticipated in the meeting from the Cement Industry. During the meeting various issues related to the cement sector such as infrastructural requirements for future growth, policy interventions to aid cement transportation and other relevant issues for improving the rail coefficient and logistics were discussed to furrher assist the Cement industry to transport their commodities through railways.

 In this regard, it may be mentioned that, during the last financial year, Indian Railways registered 144 Million Tonnes of Cement & Clinker loading. Similarly, South Central Railways, o­ne of the leading Zones in the transportation of Cement by Railways, achieved 34.499 MTs of cement loading in 2022-23 against 34.108 MTs in 2021-22. Incidentally, the last year’s cement loading of SCR is also the best-ever Originating loading achieved by the Zone in Cement & Clinker.

 Indian Railways, including SCR, have been implementing various Tariff and Non-Tariff measures in the recent past to improve the Cement transportation by Railways. Business Development Units have been formed at both the Zonal and Divisional Levels to not o­nly strengthen existing traffic but also open loading points. In this context, today’s meeting was another significant step to getting the views of the industry to further strengthen cement loading by Railways.TheCement manufacturers Association gave presentations regarding the growth of cement sector, the overall logistics scenario, the volumes expected in the near future due to growth ininstalled capacities of various plants and role of railways as a strategic partner for cement industry among others. Policy support in this regard was also discussed during the meeting. The senior officers from Railway Board and the South Central Railway assured cooperation for the growing cement sector and also outlined various infrastructural projects in the offing and measures taken to help the cement sector.