Several trains to run on diverted routes: Know details

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday said that sever trains will run on diverted routes in view of safety-related modernization work.

The modernization work will be carried out for commissioning of doubling and electrification work between Guntur and Guntakal Stations under South Central Railway jurisdiction.

Bangalore bound Prashanti Express from Bhubaneswar and Garib Rath Express from Puri will run on diverted route temporarily, the ECoR said.

18463/18464 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express from Bhubaneswar from 27th January to 4th February, 2020  and from Bangalore from 26th January to 4th February, 2020 will run on diverted route via Krishna Canal-Gudur-Renigunta-Melpakkam-Katpadi-Jolarpettai route bypassing Krishna Canal-Guntur-Guntakal-Dharmavaram route.

Similarly, 22883/22884 Puri-Yesvantpur-Puri Garib Rath Express from Puri on 31st January and from Yesvantpur on 1st February, 2020 will also run on diverted route via Krishna Canal-Gudur-Renigunta-Melpakkam-Katpadi-Jolarpettai route bypassing Krishna Canal-Guntur-Dhone-Gooty-Dharmavaram route.