ECoR TO EXTEND THE SERVICES OF SPECIAL TRAINS:

To clear wait listed passengers and to provide comfortable journey to the passengers, East Coast Railway has decided to extend the services of Bhubaneswar - Yesvantpur premium special trains up to last week of August 2014 and Sambalpur - Yesvantpur, Puri – Santragachhi and Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad special trains up to last week of September 2014. This has been done keeping in mind the positive response and feedback from rail-users and media.

Train No 00851 / 00852 Bhubaneswar – Yesvantpur - Bhubaneswar Premium weekly Special Train leaving Bhubaneswar o­n every Wednesday at 2300hrs towards Yesvantpur and leaving Yesvantpur on every Thursday at 2335hrs towards Bhubaneswar will run up to 28^thAugust 2014 during the period.

Train No 08301 / 08302 Sambalpur – Yesvantpur – Sambalpur weekly Special Train leaving Sambalpur o­n every Wednesday at 0850 hrs towards Yesvantpur and leaving Yesvantpur on every Friday at 0030 hrs (Mid night of Thursday) towards Sambalpur will run upto 26^thSeptember 2014 during the period.

Train No 08401 / 08402 Puri – Santragachhi – Puri weekly Special Train leaving Puri o­n every Friday at 2125hrs towards Santragachhi and leaving Santragachhi on every Saturday at 1900hrs towards Puri will run upto 27^th September 2014 during the period.

Train No 08501 / 08502 Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam weekly Special Train leaving Visakhapatnam o­n every Tuesday at 2300hrs towards Secunderabad and leaving Secunderabad on every Wednesday at 1630hrs towards Visakhapatnam will run upto 1^stOctober 2014 during the period.

Another weekly Train No 08503 / 08504 Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam Special Train leaving Visakhapatnam o­n every Monday at 1905hrs towards Secunderabad and leaving Secunderabad on every Tuesday at 1630hrs towards Visakhapatnam will run upto 30^th September 2014 during the period.