MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY RELATED WORKS IN ECoR TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC FACILITIES IN FUTURE

• • Major safety related and infrastructural developmental works at various places including at Haridaspur, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Sambalpur City along with Bhubaneswar and Mancheswar Railway Stations.
• • Extremely important project works related to 3rd line between Bhubaneswar and Mancheswar from 17th to 30th August, 2023.
• • Major changes in layout of Mancheswar Railway Station from 17th to 30th August, 2023.
• • Major re-arrangement of Signaling System in Bhubaneswar and Mancheswar Railway Station.
• • Daily on an average 25 Trains originating or passing through were cancelled temporarily during the project work on few days.

Bhubaneswar : The much awaited third line work between Barang and Khurda Road Rail Line project has been commissioned recently. This third line railway section has been commissioned after inspection of last patch of work between Mancheswar & Bhubaneswar by Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS) and also sanction was received from Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS).

This is an important Safety Related work to link tracks. Signalling System works have also been taken up for a hassle free train movement between Barang and Khurda Road in future. After completion of this project works, train services between Barang and Khurda Road will be easier as trains to and from Naraj route & Cuttack Route and from Puri & Brahmapur side will not face any difficulties.

To make hassle free traffic movement, ECoR has cancelled and partially cancelled some of the trains, temporarily.
The major focus on the scheduling of trains was to keep the requirements of daily passengers in consideration, hence all efforts were made for minimum hindrance to passengers. After completion of this work, the bottle neck area for train movements like in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road will be easier.

Apart from this, ECoR had also announced about the cancellation and partial cancellation of trains much prior to the actual dates. It was also made available through social media. It is appealed to all passengers to go through these details before planning their journey.