Jamshedpur, Aug 7: In view of the rising demand of the passengers, the South Eastern Railway on Saturday announced the stoppage of several special trains at Bamra in Odisha. The move is based on an experimental basis and will depend on the response of the passengers. If the passengers flow is increased SER will continue to ensure stoppages of the trains.
Railway officials at Garden Reach, the Kolkata-based headquarters of South Eastern Railway said that the decision has been taken after repeated demands of the passengers.
As per the plans, Howrah-Ahmedabad Special ( 02834/02833) and Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Special ( 02861/02862) will stop at Bamra while another train Rajendranagar-Durg Special (03288/03287) will stop at Bamra as well as Bagdehi, also in Odisha on an experimental basis upto August 31.
Moreover, the Howrah-Ahmedabad Special which runs via Tatanagar railway station will arrive at Bamra at 6.54 am and will depart at 6.55 am. In the opposite direction, the Ahmedabad-Howrah Special will arrive at Bamra at 5.54 am and will depart at 5.55 am. The Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Special will arrive at Bamra at 6.11 am and depart at 6.12 am. In the return journey, the Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Special will arrive at Bamra at 8.01pm and will depart at 8.02 pm.
The Rajendranagar-Durg Special will arrive at Bamra at 12.09 pm and Bagdehi at 12.20 pm . In both the stations the train will have a stoppage of one minute. In the opposite journey, the Durg-Rajendranagar Special will arrive Bagdehi at 1.57 pm and Bamra at 2.08 pm. In the return journey too the train will have stoppages of one minute at both the stations.
An official said that if SER gets a good response the stoppages would be made permanent. SER has also registered good growth in freight earning. South Eastern Railway has loaded 64.96 million tonnes ( MT ) of freight in the first four months i.e. April to July of the current financial year ( 2021-22), registering a growth of 42.08 per cent in comparison with the corresponding period of last financial year. There is also a rise of 49.44 per cent in originating freight revenue in comparison to the first four months of the last fiscal.
During April to July 2021, the revenue generation from originating freight loading was Rs 5327.54 crores against Rs. 3565.03 crores in the same period of the previous year. The main commodities of freight led during the first four months of 2021-22 comprised iron-ore, coal, pig iron, finished steel, cement, fertilizer and petroleum products. SER has loaded 37.14 million tonnes of iron-ore during this period, which is 31 more than the corresponding period of previous fiscal.
Notably Chakradharpur under SER is the highest revenue earning railway division in terms of freight in the country. About 150 passenger trains pass through various stations of Chakradharpur railway division every day.
