Alert! Indian Railways to cancel many trains to Puri from Howrah, Sealdah, Chennai, Mumbai; check full list here

Indian Railway has decided to cancel or short-terminate several long distance trains to Puri in Odisha for nearly a fortnight from September 12 to undertake massive modernisation work at the temple town terminal station.

Check Full List of Indian Railways trains to be cancelled or short-terminated:

1. Indian Railways is planning a massive overhaul and modification work at Puri railway yard from September 12 and this will involve temporary dislocation of train services for 10 to 12 days.

2. The Indian Railway has issued a notice temporarily cancelling several trains to Puri from Howrah, Sealdah, Chennai, Mumbai, Gandhidham and other places

3. Some other Indian Railways trains will be short-terminated at Bhubaneswar.

4. Important trains like 12837/12838 Howrah-Puri-Howrah Express, 12287/12288 Dhauli Express, 18409/18410 Sri Jagannath Express, 12875/12876 Puri-Anand Bihar-Puri Neelachal Express and 12801/12802 Puri-New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express will continue to ply. However, they may face delays in departure and arrival.

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5. Many of the Indian Railways trains being cancelled or short-terminated at Bhubaneswar or Khurda Road are not daily trains and ply on specific days of a week.   

The modernisation work will be for upgrading infrastructure and improve capacity to handle trains at Puri, a terminal station which at present takes care of 54 trains on an average per day, it said.