Bhubaneswar, October 25: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run a Special train from Puri to Shalimar (Howrah) and back for the stranded passengers.
In view of the cyclone Dana, some trains were cancelled in the above said route.
This special train will facilitate in clearing the extra rush and serve passengers from Puri towards Howrah/Kolkata and the return direction.
According to an ECoR statement, the 08490 Puri-Shalimar Special from Puri will leave at 11.20 PM on Saturday (October 26) towards Shalimar.
In the return direction, this train from Shalimar will leave at 10.50 AM on October 27 (Sunday).
This train will have stoppages at Malatipatapur, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Baleswar, Kharagpur, Santragachhi between Puri and Shalimar from both the directions having One AC-2 Tier, Three AC-3 Tier, 10 Sleeper Class, Four Second class Seating and two Guard-cum-luggage vans with Divyangjan Second Class Seating coaches, it stated.