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प्रेस à¤µà¤¿à¤œà¥à¤žà¤ªà¥à¤¤à¤¿ / Press Release No. 400 Dt: 18.03.2023

DIVERSION OF TRAINS

The following trains will be diverted, as notified by South Central Railway due to the commissioning of double line between the stations of Betamcherla, Rangapuram and Malkapuram, as well as non-interlocking works for the commissioning of Gangineni and Errupalem stations over South Central Railway.

1.Train No. 17211 Machelipatnam – Yesvantpur Kondaveedu Tri-weekly express, starting from Machelipatnam o­n March 22 & 24, 2023 will be diverted to run via Guntur Jn.,Nandyal, Yerraguntla & Gooty Fort stations, skipping stoppages at Dhone & Gooty.

2.Train No. 17212 Yesvantpur – Machelipatnam Kondaveedu Tri-weekly express, starting from Yesvantpur o­n March 23 & 25, 2023 will be diverted to run via Gooty Fort, Yerraguntla,Nandyal & Guntur Jn. skipping stoppages at Gooty & Dhone.

3.Train No. 18463 Bhubaneswar – KSR Bengaluru Prashanti Daily Express, starting from Bhubaneswar o­n March 22 & 25, 2023 will be diverted to run via Guntur Jn.,Nandyal, Yerraguntla & Gooty Fort stations, skipping stoppages at Dhone, Guntakal and Gooty.

4.Train No. 18464 KSR Bengaluru – Bhubaneswar Prashanti Daily Express, starting from KSR Bengaluru o­n March 22 & 25, 2023 will be diverted to run via Gooty Fort, Yerraguntla,Nandyal & Guntur Jn, skipping stoppages at Gooty, Guntakal & Dhone.

5.Train No. 22883 Puri – Yesvantpur Weekly Garibrath Express, starting from Puri o­n March 24, 2023 will be diverted to run via Guntur Jn.,Nandyal, Yerraguntla & Gooty Fort stations, skipping stoppage at Dhone.

6.Train No. 22884 Yesvantpur – Puri Weekly Garibrath Express, starting from Yesvantpur o­n March 25, 2023, will be diverted to run via Gooty Fort, Yerraguntla,Nandyal & Guntur Jn, skipping stoppage at Dhone.

7.Train No. 22831 Howrah – Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Weekly Superfast Express, starting from Howrah o­n March 22, 2023 will be diverted to run via Guntur Jn.,Nandyal, Yerraguntla & Gooty Fort stations, skipping stoppages at Dhone and Gooty.

8.Train No. 22832 Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam - Howrah Weekly Superfast Express, starting from Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam o­n March 24, 2023, will be diverted to run via Gooty Fort, Yerraguntla,Nandyal & Guntur Jn, skipping stoppages at Gooty and Dhone.

Train Nos. 17211/17212, 18463/18464, 22883/22884 and 22831/22832 will run with temporary stoppages at Yarraguntla, Tadipatri and Gooty Fort stations.

                                                                                                                           Aneesh Hegde
                                                                         Chief Public Relations Officer                                                                                                  South Western Railway, Hubballi 

●        Railway Minister’s commitment towards the aspirations of the passengers.

●        Announced by Railway Minister during his last visit.

●        Bhubaneswar–KSR Bengaluru–Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express, Bhubaneswar–New Delhi–Bhubaneswar Duronto Express and Bhubaneswar – Anand Vihar (Delhi) – Bhubaneswar Super Fast Express via Angul-Jharsuguda-Rourkela have now modern LHB Coaches.

East Coast Railway has decided to provide Rajdhani Coach like facilities in three trains originating from East Coast Railway jurisdiction. Hon’ble Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Ji during his recent visit to Odisha flagged off of Bhubaneswar-KSR Bengaluru Prashanti Special with Rajdhani Express like Coach facilities and also announced to provide this facility in two more trains, viz. Bhubaneswar–New Delhi–Bhubaneswar Duronto Express and Bhubaneswar – Anand Vihar (Delhi) – Bhubaneswar Super Fast Express via Angul-Jharsuguda-Rourkela within a few days.

Keeping in view the above, East Coast Railway has provided this facility in the above trains by augmenting modern LHB Coaches. These coaches are fire retardant, low maintenance, higher passenger carrying capacity having safer & comfortable journey experience.

The regular service of 18463/18464 Bhubaneswar – KSR Bengaluru City – Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express with LHB Coaches was commenced w.e.f. 05.07.2022 from Bhubaneswar and w.e.f. 06.07.2022 KSR Bengaluru City.

12281/12282 Bhubaneswar – New Delhi – Bhubaneswar Duronto Express will run with LHB coach facilities w.e.f. 13.07.2022 from Bhubaneswar and w.e.f. 14.07.2022 from New Delhi.

Similarly,  22805/22806 Bhubaneswar – Anand Vihar (Delhi) – Bhubaneswar Super Fast Express via Angul-Jharsuguda-Rourkela will run with LHB coach facilities w.e.f. 16.07.2022 from Bhubaneswar and w.e.f. 18.07.2022 from Anand Vihar.

LHB Coach facility in more ECoR trains like 22869/22870 Visakhapatnam-Chennai-Visakhapatnam Express will commence from Visakhapatnam w.e.f. 11^th July and from Chennai w.e.f. 12^th July, 2022.

This facility will also be available in 18503/18504 Visakhapatnam-Sai Nagar Shirdi-Visakhapatnam Express w.e.f. 7^th July from Visakhapatnam and w.e.f. 8^th July 2022 from Sai Nagar Shirdi.

Till now, 49 Trains originating from ECoR jurisdiction have Rajdhani Train like Coach facilities by augmenting modern LHB Coaches.

Apart from this, passing through trains in ECoR jurisdiction like 12839/12840 Howrah-Chennai-Howrah Mail & 12841/12842 Shalimar-Chennai-Shalimar Coromandal Express has also been provided with LHB facilities w.e.f. 5^th July, 2022 from Howrah/Shalimar.