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Train services between Sambalpur and Sambalpur City Station will be disrupted briefly due to safety-related modernization work, according to the East Coast Railway (ECoR).
According to the ECoR, modernization work is being carried out in preparation for the commissioning of a double line between Sambalpur City and Sambalpur.
The following train services will be impacted as a result of this work:
Cancellation of Trains
• 18301/18302 Sambalpur-Rayagada-Sambalpur Express from both the directions from 19th to 23rd August 2023.
• 18303/18304 Sambalpur-Puri-Sambalpur Inter City from both the directions from 19th to 23rd August 2023.
• 18128/18126 Rourkela-Puri-Rourkela Express from both the directions from 19th to 23rd August 2023.
• 20809 Sambalpur-Nanded Express from Sambalpur on 20th & 21st August 2023.
• 20810 Nanded-Sambalpur Express from Nanded on 21st & 22nd August 2023.
• 18309 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express from Sambalpur on 19th, 21st & 22nd August 2023.
• 18310 Jammu Tawi-Sambalpur Express from Jammu Tawi on 18th & 20th August 2023.
• 18311 Sambalpur-Banaras Express from Sambalpur on 20th & 23rd August 2023.
• 18312 Banaras-Sambalpur Express from Banaras on 21st & 24th August 2023.
• 20832 Sambalpur-Shalimar Express from Sambalpur on 20th & 22nd August 2023.
• 20831 Shalimar-Sambalpur Express from Shalimar on 21st & 23rd August 2023.
• 08317 Sambalpur-Junagarh Road Passenger Special from Sambalpur from 18th to 24th August 2023.
• 08318 Junagarh Road-Sambalpur Passenger Special from Junagarh Road from 19th to 25th August 2023.
• 08264/08277 Bilaspur-Titilagarh-Raipur Passenger Special from 18th to 23rd August 2023.
• 08263/08278 Raipur-Titilagarh-Bilaspur Passenger Special from 19th to 24th August 2023.
• 08311 Sambalpur-Erode Special Express from Sambalpur on 23rd August 2023.
• 08312 Erode-Sambalpur Express from Erode on 25th August 2023.
• 08169/08170 Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda MEMU from both the directions from from 19th to 23rd August 2023.
• 08171/08172 Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda MEMU from both the directions from from 19th to 23rd August 2023.
Diversion of Trains via Sarla and Sambalpur City without touching Sambalpur Station
A. 18451/18452 Hatia-Puri-Hatia Tapaswini Express from both the directions from 19th to 23rd August 2023.
B. 12880/12879 Bhubaneswar-LTT-Bhubaneswar Express from Bhubaneswar on 21st August and from LTT on 19th August 2023.
C. 22866 Puri-LTT Express from Puri on 22nd August 2023.
D. 20471/20472 Bikaner-Puri-Bikaner Express from Bikaner on 20th August and from Puri on 23rd August 2023.
E. 20807/20808 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakud Express from Visakhapatnam on 19th & 22nd August and from Amritsar on 19th & 23rd August 2023.
F. 20813/20814 Puri-Jodhpur-Puri Express from Puri on 23rd August and from Jodhpur on 19th August 2023.
Partial Cancellation of Trains
• 12893/12894 Bhubaneswar-Balangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express from both the directions from 19.08.2023 to 23.08.2023 will remain cancelled between Jujomura and Balangir.
• 20810 Nanded-Sambalpur Express from Nanded on 19th August 2023 will run up to Bargarh Road and will remain cancelled from Bargarh Road to Sambalpur.
• 22803 Shalimar-Sambalpur Express from Shalimar on 19.08.2023 will run up to Sambalpur City and will remain cancelled ferom Sambalpur City to Sambalpur.
• 18310 Jammu Tawi-Sambalpur Express from Jammu Tawi on 17.08.2023 will run up to Sambalpur City.
• 08312 Erode-Sambalpur Express from Erode on 18.08.2023 will run up to Bargarh Road.
The East Coast Railway has appealed passengers and train users to co-operate for hassle-free traffic during this period of modernisation.
