0 Trains from (KGA)KHAGA to (BNC)BANGALORE CANT

·The train connects important and renowned pilgrim places in North India like Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, Haridwar and Rishikesh

 Â·Operated by IRCTC, 50% of the seats have already been booked

‘Bharat Gaurav’ trains concept introduced by Ministry of Railways has been a huge success over South Central Railway and 100% occupancy is registered in the recent five trips run by IRCTC towards Kashi & surrounding places. o­n the back of the enthusiastic response shown by the rail passengers, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has planned new tourist circuit as part of Bharat Gaurav trains covering other renowned and important pilgrim destinations across North India.

As part of it, IRCTC has announced a new tourist package namely “Mata Vaishno Devi, Haridwar and Rishikesh”, Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train starting from Secunderabad Railway Station. The train will cover important pilgrim and historical places in Northern parts of the country, while providing boarding / de-boarding facility at seven important enroute stations in Telangana and Maharashtra. Within a few days of announcing the new tourist train towards Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, more than 50% of the seats have been booked depicting the interest of the people towards pilgrimage to North India.

Going into the details of the package, the Tourist circuit train “Mata Vaishnodevi with Haridwar & Rishikesh” will provide boarding / de-boarding facility at Secunderabad, Kazipet, Peddapalli, Ramagundam and Sirpur Khagaznagar in Telangana as well as Balharshah, Wardha and Nagpur in Maharashtra. The train will cover important places like Katra, Agra, Mathura, Vrindavan, Katra, Haridwar and Rishikesh. The individual tourists who wish to travel from Katra station to the Vaishno Devi temple by either pony / doli / helicopter service, need to book o­n their own. IRCTC will guide the tourists in this aspect and the ample time is provided in the itinerary to return back conveniently after Darshan.

The whole trip will be covered over a period of 8 nights / 9 days period. The package is all inclusive of travel facilities (including both rail as well as road transport), accommodation facility, Catering arrangements tour escorts, Security,Public announcement facility, Travel insurance etc.

For more details o­ne can visit IRCTC website: http://www.irctctourism.com with Booking Link: https://www.irctctourism.com/pacakage_description?packageCode=SCZBG05and can also approach o­n phone numbers of Secunderabad office : 9701360701, 8287932228, 9110712752

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.