Bhubaneswar, June 24: The East Coast Railway's Khurda Road Division division will undertake modernisation work works between Malatipatpur and Puri stations, impacting the running of several trains.
The operation of several MEMU and Express trains running through ECoR will be affected due to it.
According to an ECoR release, train number 68403 Khurda Road- Puri MEMU, 68404 Puri- Khurda Road MEMU, 68410 Puri- Khurda Road MEMU, 68409 Khurda Road - Puri MEMU, 68416 Puri- Cuttack MEMU, 68415 Cuttack- Puri MEMU, 68414 Puri- Talcher MEMU, 68413 Talcher-Puri MEMU, 12278 Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express, 12277 Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express, 18416 Puri-Barbil Express, 18415 Barbil-Puri Express, 18414 Puri-Paradeep Intercity Express and 18413 Paradeep-Puri Intercity Express will remain cancelled on June 26.
Similarly, Train No. 22201 Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express will be short-terminated at Malatipatpur instead of Puri on 25th June 2026 and Train No. 22202 Puri–Sealdah Duronto Express will originate from Malatipatpur instead of Puri on June 26.
The Train No. 18125 Rourkela–Puri Express will be short-terminated at Khurda Road instead of Puri on 25th June.
Similarly, Train No. 18126 Puri–Rourkela Express will originate from Khurda Road instead of Puri and Train No. 68421 Angul–Puri Passenger will be short-terminated at Khurda Road and Train No. 68422 Puri–Angul Passenger will originate from Khurda Road on June 26, respectively.
While Train No. 68441 Jaleswar–Puri Passenger will be short-terminated at Khurda Road and Train No. 68442 Puri–Jaleswar Passenger will originate from Khurda Road and Train No. 68450 Daspalla–Puri Passenger will be short-terminated at Khurda Road and Train No. 68449 Puri–Daspalla Passenger will originate from Khurda Road on June 26, respectively.
Services of five trains have been rescheduled.
As per the release, Train No. 18409 Shalimar–Puri Express, scheduled to commence its journey on June 25, will be rescheduled by three hours from its scheduled departure time while Train No. 12881 Shalimar–Puri Express, scheduled to commence its journey on June 25, will be rescheduled by two hours 30 minutes from its scheduled departure time.
Similarly, Train No. 12802 Anand Vihar Terminal–Puri Express, scheduled to commence its journey on June 24, will be rescheduled by 2 hours 30 minutes from its scheduled departure time and Train No. 18450 Patna–Puri Express, scheduled to commence its journey on June 25, will be rescheduled by 5 hours from its scheduled departure time.
Train No. 20836 Puri–Rourkela Vande Bharat Express, scheduled to commence its journey on 26th June, will be rescheduled by 2 hours 30 minutes from its scheduled departure time.