102 Trains from (NRG)NERGUNDI to (MCS)MANCHESWAR

ISPAT AND PURI-DURG EXPRESS WILL HAVE STOPPAGES AT DUNGRIPALI STATION:

●        Rajyarani Express to Stop at Kuhuri

●        Puri-Durg-Puri Express to Stop at Mancheswar

For the convenience of passengers and in view of demands from passengers, it has been decided to provide stoppages of Howrah-Titilagarh/Kantabanji-Howrah Ispat Express and Puri-Durg-Puri Express at Dungripali Station o­n an experimental basis.

Ispat Express to Stop at Dungripali:

22861/22862 Howrah-Kantabanji-Howrah Ispat Express from both the directions w.e.f. 2^ndJune will have stoppage at Dungripali Station. Similarly, 12871/12872 Howrah-Titilagarh-Howrah Ispat Express from Howrah w.e.f. 3^rd June and from Titilagarh w.e.f. 4^th June will have stoppage at Dungripali Station. This train from Howrah will arrive at Dungripali at 1718hrs and will leave at 1720hrs. In the return direction, this train from Kantabanji/Titilagarh will arrive at Dungripali at 0650hrs and will leave at 0652hrs.

Puri-Durg-Puri Express to Stop at Dungripali:

18425/18426 Puri-Durg-Puri Express from Puri w.e.f. 1^st June and from Durg w.e.f. 2^nd June 2023 will have stoppage at Dungripali Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Dungripali at 0345hrshrs and will leave at 0347hrs. In the return direction, this train from Durg will arrive at Dungripali at 2248hrs and will leave at 2250hrs.

Rajyarani Express to Stop at Kuhuri:

18117/18118 Rourkela-Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Express from Rourkela w.e.f. 3^rdJune and from Gunupur w.e.f. 4^th June will provide stoppage at Kuhuri Station. This train from Rourkela will arrive at Kuhuri at 0722hrs and will leave at 0724hrs. In the return direction, this train from Gunupur will arrive at Kuhuri at 2041hrs and will leave at 2043hrs.

Puri-Durg-Puri Express to Stop at Mancheswar:

18425/18426 Puri-Durg-Puri Express from both the directions w.e.f. 4^th June 2023 will have stoppage at Mancheswar Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Mancheswar at 2042hrs and will leave at 2044hrs. In the return direction, this train from Durg will arrive at Mancheswar at 0655hrs and will leave at 0657hrs.

Yesterday, ECoR had announced stoppage of 19 trains at 07 Stations. Taking the above, now 25 Trains will have stoppages at 10 Stations.

BHADRAK-NERGUNDI 3RD LINE PROJECT:

●50% of Construction Work completed.

●Haridaspur – Byree Section, a distance of 16.80KMs completed before target period (Jun’2023)

 
The construction work for Bhadrak-Nergundi third line project in Howrah-Chennai Main line between Bhadrak and Cuttack Railway Stations under Khurda Road Division of East Coast Railway is going o­n in full swing. More than 50% of construction works of this project have been completed.
A patch of 16.80Kms between Haridaspur and Byree which was supposed to be completed by last week of June 2023 has been completed before 1st week of May’2023.
This has been possible due to consistent review of project works by Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw. General Manager Shri Manoj Kumar Sharma advised officials to focus for the speedy completion of various project works for the critical projects. Shri Sharma also advised officials to coordinate with stake holders including State Government officials for early completion of the projects.       
Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw is giving priority for the Development of Railway infrastructure of the region along with various project works going o­n in Odisha and also is monitoring the developmental works regularly. Bhadrak-Nergundi 3rd line work will boost the economy of the region and will provide a hassle free train operations in Howrah-Chennai Main Line.   
Bhadrak–Nergundi 3rd Line (92.19 Km) project was included in 2012-13 and the final Sanction was given in Oct’2015. Works between Jakhapura & Haridaspur, a stretch of 23.53KMs was completed in April 2016, from Kapilas Road to Salegaon, a stretch of 4.30 KMs was commissioned o­n May 2019 and from Kapilas Road to Nergundi, a distance of 4.20 KMs was commissioned o­n October 2022 in phased manner.

The target for completion of Bhadrak–Nergundi 3rd Line work has been decided to be by 2023-24, for rest 83.69 Kms work. The latest anticipated Cost of the Project is 1284.39 Crore, where Rupees 648.68 Crore has already been spent. The physical Progress for construction of full Project is about 54% and expenditure made about 50.5%.