BHUBANESWAR: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Saturday announced that it will resume train services from Bhubaneswar to other cities on Sunday as the Railways have resoted the Chennai mainline within 24 hours of the cyclone hitting the region.
ECoR said only two originating trains:- Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express and Visakhapatnam Intercity Express cannot be run on Sunday due to THE non-availability of a pairing train.
The major trains including Prashanti Express, Visakha Express, Rajdhani Express, Konark Express, Hirakhand Express, Bhubaneswar-Yeshvantpur Express and Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Sampark Kranti Express will start their operations from Sunday.
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it may take some more time to restore the train services to Puri. "No train from Puri till May 10 at least", read an ECoR statement issued on Saturday evening.
An ECoR spokesman said maximum damages have occured at Puri station, Khurda Road and Bhubaneswar stations. The station building, coaching depot and other establishment at Puri have been badly damaged. "The most crucial aspect is that the coaching depot at Puri has been practically isolated from the rail network. We are yet to assess the huge damage to the station", he said.
Around 20 trains originates from Puri on a daily basis. Puri is one among three big stations of the railway zone. Another important stations are Bhubaneswar and Khurda Road stations. Maintenance shed for MEMU trains at Khurda Road and platforms at Bhubaneswar station have been damaged in the cyclone.
The entire railway stretch from Bhadrak to Palasa and beyond bore the brunt of cyclone Fani that hit Puri on Friday. Railways has started restoration works soon after the wind speed decreased, ECoR sources said.
The ECoR has decided to start two special trains on trial basis from Bhubaneswar from Saturday evening.
Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru Special will leave at 7 pm. The other Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur (Junagarh link) will start at 7:35 pm on this evening for Jagdalpur. It will be a great help for passengers waiting to go to these places , said a railway officer.

BHUBANESWAR: Keeping the cyclone Fani in mind, the Railways has cancelled at least 74 trains in first phase as a part of its safety measures. Cancellation of trains will be started from Thursday evening.
ECoR sources said train services between Bhadrak and Vizianagaram will be stopped from Thursday evening keeping the safety of passengers in mind. "Rail passengers are advised to plan their journey accordingly," said the ECoR statement.
Sources said inward train journey towards Bhubaneswar/Puri will be restricted from late evening of Thursday. East Coast Express and Coromondal Express will...
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not run from Howrah on May 2. Trains towards Bangalore/Chennai/Secunderabad from Howrah is cancelled on this evening. Similarly, trains from Howrah to Puri on Thursday night is cancelled.
The ECoR statement said all trains touching and leaving Bhubaneswar and Puri stations will be cancelled on May 3.

ओडिशा के भद्रक की थर्ड लाइन खड़गपुर होकर टाटानगर से जुड़ेगी। चक्रधरपुर रेल मंडल की ढुलाई बढ़ाने के लिए यह योजना बनी है। दरअसल, रेलवे बोर्ड ने बीते सप्ताह पश्चिम बंगाल में नारायणगढ़ और ओडिशा भद्रक यार्ड के बीच थर्ड लाइन निर्माण का आदेश दिया। इससे इस्पात निर्यात को बढ़ावा मिलेगा। खनिज और तैयार माल को बंदरगाह तक पहुंचाने में सहूलियत होगी। दोनों राज्यों (बंगाल व ओडिशा) की अर्थव्यवस्था में सुधार होगा। योजना व लक्ष्य : एक हजार 866 करोड़ रुपये की लागत से 155 किलोमीटर नई लाइन वर्ष 2023-24 तक बिछाने का लक्ष्य रेलवे बोर्ड ने दिया है। थर्ड लाइन होने पर 47 जोड़ी ट्रेनों की तेज गति का सपना साकार होगा। एक लाइन से तीन लाभ : नई लाइन से लौह अयस्क व कोयला ढुलाई में सहूलियत होगी। हावड़ा-मुंबई व खड़गपुर-ओडिशा मार्ग में मालगाड़ियों के कारण यात्री ट्रेनें लेट नहीं होंगी। दोनों राज्य के सैकड़ों लोगों को रोजगार का...
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साधन मिलेगा। टाटा में काम शुरू : टाटानगर में आदित्यपुर खरकई नदी ब्रिज से खड़गपुर 132 किमी तक (झारखंड में 77 और पश्चिम बंगाल में 55 किमी) थर्ड लाइन निर्माण का काम आरवीएनएल ने शुरू कर दिया। चक्रधरपुर व खड़गपुर मंडल की संयुक्त योजना राशि वर्ष 2015-16 में 1312 करोड़ रुपये थी। जबकि, मंडल में झारसुगुड़ा से सीनी व जुरुली मार्ग में कई जगह पर थर्ड लाइन तैयार है। स्टेशन में सफाई अभियान: टाटानगर स्टेशन के वाणिज्य अधिकारियों व कर्मचारियों ने रविवार की सुबह पार्सल की ट्राली साइड में सफाई अभियान चलाया। सीसीआई एके सिंह एवं उपाधीक्षक एसके पति के नेतृत्व में पार्सल एजेंट के कर्मचारियों ने चप्पे-चप्पे से कचरा निकालकर फेंका है। स्टेशन स्वच्छता के तहत एजेंटों की मदद से रेलवे ने अभियान चलाया था। पूछताछ केंद्र का निजीकरण से पूर्व ट्रेनिंग: टाटानगर स्टेशन पर पूछताछ केंद्र के निजीकरण का रास्ता साफ हो गया। एजेंसी तय हो गई। अप्रैल तक पूछताछ केंद्र में प्राइवेट कर्मचारी काम करने लगेंगे। लेकिन एजेंसीकर्मियों को पूछताछ केंद्र सौंपने से पहले रेलवे प्रशिक्षण देगा। चक्रधरपुर मंडल में पूछताछ केंद्र ड्यूटी का प्रशिक्षण देने के लिए वाणिज्यकर्मियों की टीम बनी है।

Ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha poll date, the Centre on Thursday approved several railways projects worth Rs 36,000 crore including Mumbai urban transport project.
Claiming that this was the first time the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the such a massive projects in one go, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said these projects would help to provide better commuting experience to railway passengers.
The CCEA chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Phase-IIIA of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project with the estimated cost of Rs 30,849 crore with...
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completion cost at Rs 33,690 crore.
The project will include the introduction of air-conditioned coaches with automatic doors to improve comfort level and safety of commuters, said a statement.
The CCEA also approved the construction of a third railway line between Narayangarh in West Bengal and Bhadrak in Odisha. The new 155-km railway line will come up at an expenditure of Rs 1,866.31 crore and would be completed by 2023-24.
Last week, the Railway ministry also approved the installation of 350 escalators in various railway stations.
The poll date for Lok Sabha elections likely to be announced in a couple of days and code of conduct will come into force moment after the announcement of the date.

Train No. 12771/12772 Secunderabad-Nagpur-Secunderabad Superfast Express is provided stoppage at Ajni station, Train No. 11403/11404 Nagpur-Kolhapur-Nagpur Express is provided stoppage at Ajni station, Train No. 11045/11046 Kolhapur-Dhanbad-Kolhapur Deekshabhoomi Express is provided stoppage at Wani station, 22663/22664 Chennai Egmore-Jodhpur-Chennai Egmore Express is provided stoppage at Bandak station o­n an experimental basis for the period of six months as details below:-
1.Train No. 12771 Secunderabad-Nagpur Express will arrive/depart Ajni Railway Station at 07:40/07:41 hrs with effect from 23rdFebruary, 2019.
2.Train No. 12772 Nagpur-Secunderabad Express will arrive/depart Ajni Railway Station at 22:06/22:07 hrs with effect from...
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23rdFebruary, 2019.
3.Train No. 11403 Nagpur-Kolhapur Express will arrive/depart Ajni Railway Station at 15:07/15:08 hrs with effect from 23rdFebruary, 2019.
4.Train No. 11404 Kolhapur-Nagpur Express will arrive/depart Ajni Railway Station at 11:23/11:24 hrs with effect from 23rdFebruary, 2019.
5.Train No. 11045 Kolhapur-Dhanbad Express will arrive/depart Wani Railway Station at 04:39/04:40 hrs with effect from 28thFebruary, 2019.
6.Train No. 11046 Dhanbad-Kolhapur Express will arrive/depart Wani Railway Station at 19:09/19:10 hrs with effect from 25thFebruary, 2019.
7.Train No. 22663 Chennai Egmore-Jodhpur Express will arrive/depart Bandak Railway Station at 06:31/06:32 hrs with effect from 23rdFebruary, 2019.
8.Train No. 22664 Jodhpur-Chennai Egmore Express will arrive/depart Bandak Railway Station at 00:49/00:50 hrs with effect from 25thFebruary, 2019.