Bhubaneswar, January 22: The Ministry of Railways has been decided to run special train between Puri and Yog Nagari Rishikesh during the upcoming Mahakumbh Mela at Haridwar.
According to an East Coast Railway communiqué, Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh-Puri Special (08477/08478) will leave from Puri at 8.45 PM from January 27 to April 30 and will leave from Rishikesh at 5.35 AM from January 30 to May 3, 2021.
This train will have stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Soro, Balasore, Hijli, Chakulia, Ghatsila, Tatanagar, Sini, Rajkharsuan, Chakradharpur, Manoharpur, Rourkela, Rajgangpur between Puri and Jharsuguda and important stations like Champa, Bilaspur, Anuppur, Katni Marwara, Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra Cant, Mathura, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Meerut City and Haridwar between Raigarh and Yog Nagari Rishikesh from both the directions, it said.