18464 PRASANTHI EXP

●        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.

Train Services affected in ECoR jurisdiction in view of agitation:

Cancellation, Partial Cancellation & Diversion of Trains.

Cancellation of Train from ECoRfor Agitation:

01.08439 Puri-Patna Express from Puri o­n 18.06.2022

02.20823 Puri-Ajmer Express from Puri o­n 20.06.2022

03.08522 Visakhapatnam-Gunupur Special from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022.

04.08521 Gunupur-Visakhapatnam Special from Guntur o­n 18.06.2022.

05.18551 Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022.

06.18551 Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Express from Kirandul o­n 19.06.2022.

07.17240 Visakhapatnam-Guntur Simhadri Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022.

08.12807 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin Samata Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022.

09.22819 Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express from Bhubaneswar o­n 18.06.2022.

10.22820 Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022.

11.17015 Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Express from Bhubaneswar o­n 18.05.2022.

12.17015 Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Express from Bhubaneswar o­n 19.06.2022.

13.17240 Visakhapatnam-Guntur Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022.

14.17268 Visakhapatnam-Kakinada Port Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022.

15.22805 Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar Super Fast via Sambalpur City from Bhubaneswar o­n 18.06.2022.

16.18309 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express from Sambalpur o­n 18.06.2022

17.12815 Puri-Anand Vihar Nandankanan Express from Puri o­n 18.06.2022.

18.12801 Puri-New Delhi Purusottam Express from Puri o­n 18.06.2022.

Cancellation of Train towards ECoRfor Agitation:

01.08440 Patna-Puri Express from Patna o­n 19.06.2022

02.20824 Ajmer-Puri Express from Ajmer o­n 23.06.2022

03.17239 Guntur-Visakhapatnam Simhadri Express from Guntur o­n 19.06.2022.

04.12808 Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Samata Express from Nizamuddin o­n 20.06.2022

05.12816 Anand Vihar-Puri Nandankanan Express from Anand Vihar o­n 18.06.2022

06.18420 Jay Nagar-Puri Express from Jay Nagar o­n 18.06.2022

07.17239 Guntur-Visakhapatnam Express from Guntur o­n 19.06.2022

08.17267 Kakinada Port-Visakhapatnam Express from Kakinada Port o­n 18.06.2022

09.22806 Anand Vihar-Bhubaneswar Super Fast Express via Sambalpur City from Anand Vihar o­n 20.06.2022.

Cancellation of Passing Through Trains for Agitation over ECoR:

01.12253 Yesvantpur-Bhagalpur Express from Yesvantpur o­n 18.06.2022

02.22643 Ernakulam-Patna Express from Ernakulam o­n 20.06.2022

03.18045 Shalimar-Secunderabad Express from Shalimar o 19.06.2022

PARTIAL CANCELLATION OF ECoR ORIGINATING TRAINS:

01.17220 Visakhapatnam- Machelipatnam Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022 will originate from Anakapalli instead of Visakhapatnam and will remain cancelled from Visakhapatnam to Anakapalli.

02.17268 Visakhapatnam- Kakinada Port Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022 will originate from Anakapalli instead of Visakhapatnam and will remain cancelled from Visakhapatnam to Anakapalli

03.22707 Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Double Decker Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 18.06.2022 will originate from Anakapalli instead of Visakhapatnam and will remain cancelled from Visakhapatnam to Anakapalli.

PARTIAL CANCELLATION OF ECoR BOUND TRAINS:

01.12728 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Godavari Express from Hyderabad o­n 17.06.2022 will end its journey at Duvvada instead of Visakhapatnam.

02.18517 Korba-Visakhapatnam Express from Korba o­n 17.06.2022 ill run up to Kottavalasa and will remain cancelled from Kottavalasa to Visakhapatnam.

03.12862 Kacheguda-Visakhapatnam Express from Kacheguda o­n 17.06.2022 will end its journey at Duvvada.

04.12740 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Garib Rath Express from Secunderabad o­n 17.06.2022 will run up to Duvvada.

05.22873 Digha-Visakhapatnam Express from Digha o­n 17.06.2022 will run up to Kottavalasa and will remain cancelled from Kottavalasa to Visakhapatnam.

06.17219 Machelipatnam-Visakhapatnam Express from Machelipatnam o­n 17.06.2022 will run up to Anakapalli and will remain cancelled from Anakapalli to Visakhapatnam.

07.17267 Kakinada Port-Visakhapatnam Express from Kakinada Port o­n 17.06.2022 will run up to Anakapalli and will remain cancelled from Anakapalli to Visakhapatnam.

08.22708 Tirupati-Visakhapatnam Double Decker Express from Tirupati o­n 17.06.2022 will run up to Anakapalli and will remain cancelled from Anakapalli to Visakhapatnam.

09.18520 LTT-Visakhapatnam Express from LTT o­n 17.06.2022 will end its journey at Duvvada instead of Visakhapatnam.

10.17487 Cuddapah-Visakhapatnam Tirumala Express from Cuddapah o­n 17.06.2022 will end its journey at Duvvada instead of Visakhapatnam.

PASSING THROUGH TRAINS TO AVOID VISAKHAPATNAM AND RUN VIA SIMHACHALAM NORTH AND DUVVADA.

01.     22807 Santragachhi-Chennai AC Super Fast Express from Santragachhi o­n 17.06.2022.

02.     12840 Chennai-Howrah Mail from Chennai o­n 17.06.2022.

03.     13351 Dhanbad-Alleppey Express from Dhanbad o­n 17.06.2022.

04.     18048 Vasco-da-gama-Howrah Amaravati Express from Vasco-da-gama o­n 17.06.2022.

05.     12889 Tata-Yesvantpur Express from Tata o­n 17.06.2022.

06.     17243 Guntur-Rayagada Express from Guntur o­n 17.06.2022.

07.     12664 Tiruchchirapalli-Howrah Express from Tiruchchirapalli o­n 17.06.2022.

08.     18464 Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express from Bangalore o­n 17.06.2022.