20 Trains from (JGDL)Jagadal to (bju)barauni 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.

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.