# ECoR extends special trains, adds AC coaches for festive rush 2026-11-04T06:21:27+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has extended special train services between Sambalpur and Santragachi and will add extra AC Three-Tier coaches to four Bhubaneswar-New Delhi trains on specified dates in November to handle the festive season rush. The Sambalpur-Santragachi Special trains will run two additional trips in each direction: train No. 08303 will operate every Wednesday from 4 to 18 November, and train No. 08304 every Thursday from 5 to 19 November. One additional AC Three-Tier coach will be attached to train No. 20817 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani Express on 7 November and to train No. 20818 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Tejas Rajdhani Express on 8 November. Similarly, train No. 22823 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani Express will get an extra coach on 10 November, and train No. 22824 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Tejas Rajdhani Express on 11 November. ## Indian Opinion Analysis By running extra trips and augmenting trains only on specific November dates, ECoR is applying targeted capacity, enough to absorb the sharpest festive peaks without committing to permanent service increases. The Sambalpur-Santragachi corridor gets two round trips a week for a fortnight, while the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani services get an extra AC Three-Tier coach on four separate days. Passengers on other dates or routes during the same season get no relief from these measures. The next practical check is whether the added berths on those listed dates sell out quickly, which would signal that the actual surge exceeds what ECoR planned for. ## Coverage - orissapost.com Leads with passenger-friendly framing, no government criticism This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bhubaneswar, East Coast Railway, New Delhi, sambalpur, Santragachi, Tejas Rajdhani Express Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ecor-extends-special-trains-adds-ac-coaches-for-festive-rush/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ecor-extends-special-trains-adds-ac-coaches-for-festive-rush/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/