The Indian Railways has announced the date for the extension of the Gorakhpur-Hatia Maurya Express train to Sambalpur. Train number 15028 will depart from Gorakhpur on March 8th and reach Sambalpur on March 9th via Hatia, Rourkela, Jharsuguda, and Rengali. The return train, 15027, will depart from Sambalpur on March 10th....
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Regular operations between Sambalpur and Gorakhpur will commence after this. The Railway Board had earlier announced the extension of the train to Sambalpur, but the date was not disclosed. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had flagged off the train from Sambalpur, but operations were not started immediately. The people of South Bihar residing in West Odisha had expressed disappointment, but the announcement of the date has brought joy to them.