1 Trains from (BNC)BANGALORE CANT to (RAU)Rau

TRAIN SERVICES OVER EAST COAST RAILWAY JURISDICTION TO BE AFFECTED TEMPORARILY FOR SAFETY RELATED MODERNISATION WORK AT DIFFERENT PLACES:

●        Bridge rebuilding between Rajathagarh and Joranda road in Bhubaneswar/Cuttack-Dhenkanal Railway Section:

●        Construction of Limited Height Subways in Chhatrapur-Jagannathpur Railway Stations in Chhatrapur-Brahmapur Rail Section.

●        Second chord line between Brundamal Station and MAVM Siding.

●        Bridge Rebuilding between Khariar Road-Nawapara Road-Lapanga and Important Track Machine Works between Lapanga & Rengali.

Cancellation of Train:

A.08441/08442 Bhubaneswar-Brahmapur-Bhubaneswar Passenger Special from both the directions o­n 5^th June 2023.

B.08264 Bilaspur-Titilagarh Passenger from Bilaspur from 7^th to 9^th June.

C.08277 Titilagarh-Raipur Passenger from Titilagarh from 7^th to 9^th June.

D.08171/08172 Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda MEMU from both sides from 7^th to 9^th June.

E. 08169/08170 Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda MEMU from both sides from 7^th to 9^thJune.

F.08263Titilagarh-Bilaspur Passenger from Titilagarh from 8^th to 10^th June.

G.08278 Raipur-Titilagarh Passenger from Raipur from 8^th to 10^th June.

H.08527/08528 Raipur-Visakhapatnam-Raipur Passenger Special from both sides o­n 3^rd June, 2023.

I.08275 Raipur-Junagarh Road Passenger Special from Raipur o­n 3^rd June’2023.

J.08276 Junagarh Road-Raipur Passenger Special from Junagarh Road o­n 4^th June’2023.

Partial Cancellation of Trains:

A.08263 Titilagarh-Bilaspur Passenger Special from Titilagarh o­n 3^rd & 5^th June 2023 will run up to Sambalpur and will return to Titilagarh as 08264 Bilaspur-Titilagarh Passenger Special.

B.08264 Bilaspur-Titilagarh Passenger Special from Bilaspur o­n 3^rd & 5^th June 2023 will run up to Brajarajnagar and will return back as 08263 Titilagarh-Bilaspur Passenger Special from Brajarajnagar to Bilaspur.

C.Services of both the trains between Sambalpur and Brajarajnagar from both sides will remain cancelled.

Rescheduling of Train:

A.17016 Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Visakha Express from Secunderabad at 1650hrs will leave at 2050hrs o­n 4^thJune 2023.

B.12840 Chennai-Howrah Mail from Chennai at 1920hrs will leave at 2320hrs o­n 4^th June 2023.

C.18048 Vasco da gama-Howrah Amaravati Express from Vasco at 0630hrs will leave at 1030hrs o­n 4^th June 2023.

D.12807 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin Samata Express from Visakhapatnam o­n 3^rd June will leave at 1020hrs instead of 0920hrs.

E.20808 Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakud Express from Amritsar 3^rd June at 2355hrs will leave at 0455hrs o­n 4^thJune 2023.

F.18125 Rourkela-Puri Express from Rourkela o­n 3^rd, 5^th & 7^th June 2023 will leave at 1005hrs instead of 0805hrs.

Regulation of Trains:

20808 Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakud Express from Amritsar o­n 31^st May, 22840 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Inter City Express from Bhubaneswr o­n 2^ndJune, 20895 Rameswaram-Bhubaneswar Express from Rameswaram o­n 4^thJune and 18464 Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express from Bangalore o­n 4^thJune 2023 will be controlled en-route for a few minutes.

Total 380 Special Trains are making 6369 Trips with over 80 thousand coaches

Indian Railways is running 1770 more trips this year as compared to total summer special trains (4599 trips by 348 trains) run in 2022

During this summer season this year, for the convenience of railway travelers and to clear extra rush of passengers, Indian Railways is running 6369 trips of 380 special trains. Indian Railways is running 1770 morr trips this year as compared to total summer special trains (4599 trips by 348 trains) run in 2022. While an average 13.2 trips per train was run in last summer, 16.8 trips per special train are being made in the current year. The major destinations connected are Patna-Secunderabad, Patna-Yesvantpur, Barauni-Muzaffarpur, Delhi-Patna, New Delhi-Katra, Chandigarh-Gorakhpur, Anand Vihar- Patna, Visakhapatnam-Puri-Howrah, Mumbai-Patna, Mumbai-Gorakhpur.

In totality, these 380 special trains making 6369 trips have 25794 General Coaches and 55243 Sleeper Coaches. General Coaches have a capacity of 100 passenger whereas Sleeper Coaches have a capacity of 72 passengers in ICF and 78 in LHB.

In order to cater the summer rush, all the zonal Railways spread across the country have geared up to run special trips. Through these special trains, connectivity from various states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi is being ensured. South Western Railway catering to majorly Karnataka region is running maximum trips 1790 this summer season in comparison to 779 trips last year whereas Western Railway catering majorly to the state of Gujarat has also geared up to run 1470 trips in comparison to 438 trips last year. It is also pertinent to mention that this year, South Central Railway is running 784 trips which is 80 trips more than the last year. To deal with the heavy rush in northern part of the country, North Western Railway is running 400 trips, East Central Railway is running 380 trips. Northern Railway has also planned to run 324 trips this year.

However, neither the number of trains nor the number of trips run by specific special train(s) is static for the entire season. Planning and running of special trains is a continuous process for which inputs are taken from all the communication channels 24x 7 like media reports, Social media platforms, Railway Integrated helpline number 139, apart from details of waitlist passengers in PRS system to assess demand of trains o­n a particular route. Based o­n this requirement, number of trains and number of trips are augmented.

A watch o­n any malpractices – like cornering of seats, over-charging and touting activity etc. is being kept by the team of commercial and RPF Staff.