SER to start Rourkela – Bhubaneswar Express soon; its expected impact
Angul, Anugul- Talcher - Saranga- Nalconagar, Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, CKP ... Bhalulata - Rourkela - Jharsuguda Jn - Daghora , Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsugurha, Jharsugurha- Brajarajnagar- Belpahar, Khordha, Railway Budget 2009, Rourkela- Kansbahal, Sambalpur, Sambalpur - Talcher, Sambaplur- Burla- Bargarh- Chipilima, Sundergarh, Talcher - Barang August 16th. 2009, 1:11amUpdate: Aug 18, 2009 – As Dilip comments below the train should start its maiden run any day now.
Dilip Mohanty writes the following in an IRFCA posting:
The much awaited Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Express (declared in the current budget in an addition to the 57 new trains) remains a mystery. A leading local daily named "SAMBAD" has reoprted that the train will start within a few weeks and the Railways Authorities at Rourkela have already received an additional time table for this train. It reports that the train will depart Rourkela at morning 05:15 hours and reach Bhubaneswar at 13:15 hours in the afternoon. After a stay of about 30 minutes at Bhubaneswar, it will depart at 13:45 hours and reach Rourkela at 21:45 hours(an expected Superfast). This train is supposed to be operated by South Eastern Railway.
This train will bring up some new convenient 1-change connections.
- From Bhubaneswar (BBS) to Mumbai: Using this train one can go to Jharsuguda (JSG) and then take Gitanjali that leaves JSG at 21:43. 2860 Gitanjali Express reaches Mumbai CSTM at 21:30 the next day. The total time from BBS to CSTM would be 31 hrs 45 minutes, much less than 1020 Konark which takes 36 hrs 40 mins. The weeklies 2146 and 2880 take 32hrs 15mins and 30hrs 15mins respectively.
- From Mumbai to Bhubaneswar: 2859 Gitanjali leaves CSTM at 6:00 and reaches JSG the next day at 04:25. One can then take the above Rourkela – Bhubaneswar Express to reach Bhubaneswar at 13:15. The total time from CSTM to BBS would be 31hrs and 15 mins.
- From Rourkela to Secunderabad: Using this train one can go from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar and then take Konark to go to Secunderabad. Konark leaves Bhubaneswar at 15:15 and reaches Secunderabad the next day at 11:35. The total time from Rourkela to Secunderabad would be 30hrs 20 mins. (One can take Falaknuma that leaves BBSR at 14:05 instead of Konark; but the connection time would be much less making it risky.)
- From Secunderabad to Rourkela: 2704 Falaknuma leaves Secunderabad at 16:00 and reaches BBS the next day at 10:40. One can then take the BBS-ROU Express to Rourkela to reach ROU at 21:45. The total duartion will be 29 hrs and 45 mins.
August 16th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Well wat bout d ROURKELA-KORAPUT intercity exp..any updates..
August 17th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Mr. Baral thnx for posting
I have got the information the coaches have arrived in Bhubaneswar this morning and if everything goes right we can see the train on tracks this week
August 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Its so good to hear.
When we are studying in NIT rourkela we are craving for a good connectivity to rourkela apart from buses who charge exorbitant fees and road is also not good via talcher.Only one train Tapaswini used to take infinite time to reach rourkela.This will increase the companies coming to visit to college as previosuly they come via Kolkata.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:59 am
This train must be extended to Berhampur as that would connect silk city Berhampur with the steel city Rourkela. Since, this won’t be the first train to connect Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, it won’t bring any thing new to the railway passengers of the state and it won’t improve connectivity scenario of Orissa.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:50 am
I believe the ROURKELA-KORAPUT intercity starts soon after this one..
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:24 pm
any news?
it wass to start from 2nd October
November 14th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
when will it run?
February 9th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
When we will get direct train from Rourkela to Secunderabad????????????????????????
February 11th, 2010 at 8:13 am
rourkela bhubaneswar intecity will run in the track from 13th february onwords………