Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to implement MEMU service between Puri and Angul and Sambalpur and Rourkela.
ECoR sources here said the MEMU train between Puri and Angul will replace 58421/58422 Angul-Puri-Angul passenger. The train number will be changed to 68421/68422 Angul-Puri-Angul MEMU instead of 58421/58422 Angul-Puri-Angul passenger after the implementation of MEMU service.
The MEMU train is a completely new rake made by rail coach factory, Kapurthala. The 68421/68422 Angul-Puri-Angul MEMU will run daily except Monday from Puri and Tuesday from Angul.
The 58422 Puri-Angul passenger will leave Puri Monday and 58421 Angul-Puri Passenger will leave Tuesday only. The 68421/68422 Angul-Puri-Angul MEMU will run as per the timings of 58421/58422 Angul-Puri-Angul passenger.
Apart from this, 78103/78104 Rourkela-Sambalpur-Rourkela DUMU passenger has also been replaced with MEMU train from July 9 ,2018.
The Rourkela-Sambalpur-Rourkela MEMU will run with train number 68027/68028 as Rourkela-Sambalpur-Rourkela MEMU.
The 58135/58136 & 58137/58138 Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda passengers will be replaced with MEMU train with revised number 68033/68034 & 68031/68032 Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda MEMU.
58133/58134 Rourkela-Jharsuguda-Rourkela passenger will be replaced by 68029/68030 Rourkela-Jharsuguda-Rourkela MEMU. The 68027/68028 Rourkela-Sambalpur-Rourkela MEMU will run with revised timings between Rourkela & Sambalpur from both the directions.
68027 Rourkela-Sambalpur MEMU will leave Rourkela at 0720hrs will arrive at Sambalpur at 1045hrs. In the return direction, 68028 Sambalpur-Rourkela MEMU will leave Sambalpur at 1110hrs and will arrive at Rourkela at 1445hrs.
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