BHUBANESWAR: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will run seven special trains in its jurisdiction on Saturday (September 5) to facilitate the candidates appearing
national defence academy (NDA) and
Naval Academy Examination.
These Examination Special Trains will leave at 5pm from the originating stations and reach at their examination centre cities in the evening on the same day (Except special train from Balasore to Cuttack).
These special trains are- Berhampur-Cuttack MEMU, Anugul-Cuttack MEMU via Talcher,
Kendujhargarh-Cuttack MEMU, Paradeep-Cuttack MEMU, Rourkela-Sambalpur special,
Kantabanji-Sambalpur examination special and Ichhapuram-Visakhapatnam Examination Special. Six trains will run in Odisha.
Berhampur-Cuttack MEMU will leave Berhampur at 5pm on September 5 and reach Cuttack at 9pm on the same day. In the return journey, it will leave Cuttack at 6.30 pm on September 6 and reach Berhampur at 10.30pm.
Paradip-Cuttack MEMU will leave Paradip at 5pm on Saturday and reach Cuttack at 7pm on the same day. In the return journey, it will leave Cuttack at 7pm on Sunday and reach Paradip at 9pm.
Kendujhargarh-Cuttack MEMU will originate from Kendujhargarh at 5pm on Saturday and arrive at Cuttack at 8.45 pm on the same day. In the return journey, it will leave Cuttack at 6.45pm on Sunday and reach Kendujhargarh at 10.15pm.
Anugul-Cuttack MEMU via Talcher will leave Anugul at 5pm on Saturday and reach Cuttack at 8.15pm on the same day. This train will return from Cuttack at 7pm on Sunday and reach Anugul at 9.15pm.
Balasore-Bhubaneswar Examination Special Train will leave Balasore at 5pm on Saturday and reach Bhubaneswar at 9.30pm on the same day. This train will leave Bhubaneswar 9.50 pm on Sunday and reach Balasore at 1.30 am just after the midnight.
Kantabanji-Sambalpur Examination Special will leave Kantabanji at 5pm on Saturday and reach Sambalpur at 9.15pm on the same day. In return, this train will leave Sambalpur at 6.30pm Sunday and reach Kantabanji at 11.30pm.
Rourkela-Sambalpur Examination Special will leave Rourkela at 5pm on Saturday and reach Sambalpur at 7.40pm on the same day. In return, the train will leave Sambalpur at 9pm on Sunday and reach Rourkela at 11.45pm.