Bhubaneswar, June 30: One pair of special trains will run between Khurda Road and Udhna (near Surat) in Gujrat from July 5 to avoid heavy wait lists in western India bound regular trains.
According to an East Coast Railway (ECoR) statement, (08585/08586) Khurda Road-Udhna-Khurda Road Special via Vizianagaram and Titilagarh will leave Khurda Road at 8.30 PM on July 5 (Monday) and will reach at Udhna at 3.40 AM on July 7 (Wednesday). In the return direction, this train will leave from Udhna at 6 AM on July 7 (Wednesday) and will arrive at Khurda Road at 3.40 PM on July 8 (Thursday).
This train has one composite coach of both 1st & 2nd AC, One AC-2 Tier, Four AC-3 Tier, Eight Sleeper Class, Four Second Class Seating, One Guard cum Luggage Van and One Guard cum Divyang Coach in its composition having stoppages at Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram, Bobbili, Parvatipuram, Rayagada, Kesinga, Titilagarh, Kantabanji, Khariar Road, Mahasamund, Raipur, Durg, Gondia, Nagpur, Badnera, Akola, Bhusaval, Jalgaon and Nandurbar between Khurda Road and Udhna from both the directions, it said.
