East Coast Railway lines up special trains to manage rush during the Rath Yatra festival

BHUBANESWAR: With an aim to provide comfortable journey to the commuters and to avoid rush in regular trains to and from Puri during the Car Festival-2014 of Lord Jagannath, East Coast Railway has provided special trains from different parts of the state including the special trains to and from neighbouring states.

In view of rush of devotees, East Coast Railway has lined up special trains to and from Puri on the occasion of 'Sandhya Darshan', ' Bahuda' and ' Sunavesa' (three special day during the festival) of Lord Jagannath. All the special trains will run as passenger trains and will stop at each and every station from originating station to destination and back, a release issued by ECoR said today.

Besides the Special trains announced for Rath Yatra day earlier, 49 Special trains will now run for Sandhya Darshan, Bahuda and Suna vesa festivals.