The 20836 Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express train will depart Puri railway station at 5 am on September 20 and reach Rourkela at 12.45 pm. In the return direction, the semi-high-speed train will leave Rourkela at 2.10 pm and will arrive in Puri at 9.40 pm.

The Vande Bharat, covering 505 km distance at an average speed of 63.33 kmph-65.16 kmph, will halt at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Kerejanga, Sambalpur city and Jharsuguda.

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The train is likely to run six days a week, except on Saturdays. Except for Bhubaneswar, where the train will halt for five minutes, the stoppage is for two minutes at other stations. It will cover the distance of 505 km in 7 hrs and 30 minutes from Puri-Rourkela and 7 hours and 45 minutes on the down line i.e. Rourkela to Puri.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off this train on September 30.

The first Vande Bharat Express between Puri and Howrah was flagged off on May 18. PM Modi had then promised another semi high-speed train for Odisha. The Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express will cater to the rush between the coastal and western Odisha regions, sources said.

This third line railway section was commissioned after inspection of last patch of work between Mancheswar and Bhubaneswar by the Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS) and the required sanction, ECoR said in a press release.

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 and Cuttack Route and from Puri and Berhampur 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.

ORIGINATE FROM BHUBANESWAR NEW (Near Barang) INSTEAD OF BHUBANESWAR

A. 12074 Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express from August 24-29

B. 22840 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Inter City Express from August 27-29

C. 12893 Bhubaneswar-Valsad Express from August 24-29

END JOURNEY AT BHUBANESWAR NEW INSTEAD OF BHUBANESWAR

A. 12073 Howrah-Bhubaneswar Jan Shatabdi Express from August 23-29

B. 22839 Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Express from August 24-29

C. 12894 Valsad-Bhubaneswar Express from August 24-29

ORIGINATE AND END JOURNEY FROM/AT KHURDA ROAD

A. 08421 Cuttack-Gunupur Special will originate from Khurda Road instead of Cuttack from August 20-29

B. 08422 Gunupur-Cuttack will run up to Khurda Road instead of Cuttack from August 20-29

C. 08429 Bhubaneswar-Nuagaon Road will originate from Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 24-29

D. 08430 Nuagaon Road-Bhubaneswar will run up to Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 24-29

E. 08533 Cuttack-Palasa will originate from Khurda Road instead of instead of Cuttack from August 21-29

F. 08534 Palasa-Cuttack will run up to Khurda Road instead of Cuttack from August 21-29

G. 11020 Bhubaneswar-CSMT Mumbai Konark Express will originate from Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 24-30

H. 11019 Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Konark Express will run up to Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 22-28

I. 12703 Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express will originate from Brahmapur instead of Howrah till August 30

J. 12704 SEcunderabad-Howrah-Falaknuma Express will run up to Brahmapur instead of Howrah till August 29

K. 17015 Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Express will originate from Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 24-30

L. 17016 Secunderabad-BHubaneswar Visakha Express will run up to Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 22-28

M. 18423 Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town Express will originate from Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 24-29

N. 18424 Nayagarh Town-Bhubaneswar Express will run up to KHurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 24-29

O. 22819 Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Inter City will originate from Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 24-30

P. 22820 Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Inter City will run up to Khurda Road instead of Bhubaneswar from August 23-29

Meanwhile, the accused – Senior Section Engineer (signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan, and Technician Pappu Kumar have been forwarded to court after completion of their remand.

On the other hand, two of the three accused, Arun Kumar Mahanta and Mohammed Amir Khan have applied for bail.

CBI on Monday had summoned two more Indian Railways employees and interrogated them in connection with the deadly train accident at Bahanaga.

As per reports, the CBI team interrogated them at Chandaka Police Station on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.