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), said an official release of East Coast Railway (ECoR).
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 bottleneck 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.