5 pairs of trains cancelled for safety work
Bhubaneswar: Five pairs of trains were cancelled till April 26 for safety-related modernisation work between Rourkela and Bondamunda. These cancelled trains were Puri-Hatia-Puri Tapaswini Express (18451/18452); Puri-Rourkela-Puri (18125/18126); Gunupur–Rourkela–Gunupur Rajyarani Express (18118/18117); Sambalpur-Gorakhpur-Sambalpur Maurya Express (15028/15027) and Rourkela–Howrah Express (20835/20836).
Two trains, Titilagarh-Howrah Ispat Express (22862/12872) and Howrah-Kantabanji/Titilagarh Ispat Express (22861/12871) will be partially cancelled.
"This essential work involves track linking and non-interlocking operations as part of the commissioning of
multi-tracking lines
in the Rourkela-Bondamunda section. These upgrades are aimed at improving train operations and ensuring safer and more efficient railway services in the long term," said an
East Coast Railway
(ECoR) source.
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