11 Express trains to be upgraded to Superfast trains

Bhubaneswar, May 22: Eleven Express trains running under the East Coast Railway (ECoR) division will be upgraded to Superfast trains soon.

A ECoR release issued here today said the Railway Ministry has decided to upgrade 8475/8476 Puri-New Delhi-Puri (Neelachal Express) via Tata, 8311/8312 Howrah- Sambalpur-Howrah(Ispat Express), 8413/8414 Bhubaneswar-Sambalpur-Bhhubaneswar Express, 8561/8562 Visakhapatnam-Nizamudini-Visakhapatnam link Express, 7007/7008 Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Godavari Express and 8007/8008 Puri-Howrah-Puri Express from July.

After upgradation to the status of super fast train the Puri-New Delhi-Puri(Neelachal Express), Howrah-Sambalpur-Howrah(Ispat Express) Bhubaneswar-Sambalpur-Bhubaneswar Express, Visakhapatnam Godavari Express and Puri-Howrah-Puri Express would be renumbered as 2875/2876, 2872/2871, 2893/2894, 2861/2862, 2727/2728 and 2837/2838 respectively.

Similarly 8003/8004 Howrah-Yashwantpur-Howrah Express and 8613/8614 Hatia-Yashwantpur-Hataia Express will be upgraded to superfast trains and will be renumbered as 2863/2864 and 2835/2836 from July 10.

The 5626/5625 Guwahati-Bangalore-Guwahati Express and 5638/5637 Guwahati-Secunderbad-Guwahati Express will also be upgraded along with the Ernakulam-Guwahati Express from July 4.

This apart the 7045/7046 Howrah-Hyderbad-Howrah East Coast Express will be soon renumbered as 8645/8646 from July.

UNI