Like other years, Indian Railways (IR) has made an amendment in the schedule of trains effective from October 1, this year. In the new schedule, IR has increased the speed of trains to save additional operating time. With this new change in schedule about 75 trains originating and passing through South East Central Railway (SECR) will be affected slightly at various stations.

According to new schedule the 18518 Vishakhapatnam-Korba Express will arrive Raipur at 07.20 hrs, Bilaspur at 09.20 hrs and Korba at 11.15 hrs, 18478 Rishikesh-Puri Utkal Express will arrive Champa at 10.11 hrs and Raigarh at 11.29 hrs, 20813 Puri-Jodhpur Express will arrive Raigarh at 11.36 hrs, 12860 Howrah-Mumbai Geetanjali Express will arrive Raigarh at 22.55 hrs, 13287 Durg-Rajendra Nagar South Bihar Express will arrive Bilaspur at 09.55 hrs, Champa at 10.52 hrs and Raigarh at 12.10 hrs, 22845 Pune-Hatia Express will arrive Champa at 09.32 hrs, 18110 Itwari-Tatanagar Express will arrive Champa at 09.36 hrs, 18114 Bilaspur-Tatanagar Express will arrive Champa at 19.50 hrs and Raigarh at 21.15 hrs, 15232 Gondia-Barauni Express will arrive Pendra Road at 03.41 hrs, Anuppur at 04.23 hrs and Shahdol at 05.18 hrs, 22910 Puri-Walsad Express will arrive Pendra Road at 13.10 hrs, Anuppur at 14.01 hrs and Shahdol at 14.46 hrs, 18241 Durg-Ambikapur Express will arrive Anuppur at 02.30 hrs, 18257 Bilaspur-Chirimiri Express will arrive Anuppur at 03.05 hrs, 20808 Amritsar-Vishakhapatnam Hirakund Express will arrive Shahdol at 00.36 hrs, 12854 Bhopal-Durg Amarkantak Express will arrive Anuppur at 02.31 hrs and Pendra Road at 03.24 hrs, 12535 LucknowRaipur Garib Rath Express will arrive Shahdol at 01.56 hrs, Anuppur at 02.42 hrs and Pendra Road at 03.24 hrs, 18756 Ambikapur-Shahdol Express will depart from Ambikapur at 09.00 hrs and arrive Anuppur at 12.30 hrs and shahdol at 13.30 hrs, 20856 Sainagar Shirdi-Puri Express will arrive Raipur at 07.10 hrs, 18109 Tatanagar-Itwari Express will arrive Itwari at 04.15 hrs, 12810 Howrah-Mumbai Mail will arrive Tumsar Road at 12.18 hrs and Bhandara Road at 12.33 hrs, 12808 Nizamuddin-Vishakhapatnam Express will arrive Gondia at 02.46 hrs, 20821 Pune-Santragachi Express and 22511 KurlaKamakhya Express will arrive Gondia at 03.11 hrs, 20917 IndorePuri Express, 12869 Mumbai-Howrah Express, 12767 NandedSantragashi Express and 22893 Sainagar-Shirdi-Howrah Express will arrive Gondia at 03.26 hrs, 13426 Surat-Malda Express and 20858 Sainagar Shirdi-Puri Express will arrive Gondia at 04.06 hrs, 12850 Pune-Bilaspur Express will arrive Gondia at 11.21 hrs and Rajnanagaon at 12.42 hrs, 22905 Okha-Shalimar Express, 12905 Porbandar-Shalimar Express and 12101 Kurla-Shalimar Jnaneshwari Express will arrive Gondia at 11.29 hrs, 12129 Pune-Howrah Azad Hind Express will arrive Bhandara Road at 10.49 hrs and Tumsar Road at 11.06 hrs, 12145 Kurla-Puri Express, 12151 Kurla-Shalimar Express and 12949 Porbandar-Santragachi Express will arrive Gondia at 12.06 hrs, 12844 SAhmedabad-Puri Express and 20862 Ahmedabad-Puri Express will arrive Bhandara Road at 11.50 hrs, Gondia at 12.50 hrs and Dongargarh at 13.50 hrs, 22973 Gandhidham-Puri Express will arrive Gondia at 12.50 hrs, 12811 Kurla-Hatia Express, 22848 Kurla-Vishakhapatnam Express and 12879 Kurla-Bhubaneswar Express will arrive Gondia at 15.26 hrs, 22173 Chana Fort-Jabalpur Express will arrive Nainpur at 20.20 hrs, 11753 Itwari-Rewa Express will arrive Nainpur at 23.30 hrs, 08263 Titlagarh-Bilaspur Special will arrive Raigarh at 18.10 hrs, Champa at 19.57 hrs and Bilaspur at 21.15 hrs, 08733 KorbaBilaspur Special will arrive Champa at 14.31 hrs, 08734 BilaspurKorba Special will leave Bilaspur at 09.35 hrs and arrive Champa at 10.37 hrs, 08728 Raipur-Bilaspur Special will arrive Bilaspyr at 09.25 hrs, 08527 Raipur-Vishakhapatnam Special will leave Raipur at 05.20 hrs and 20917 Indore-Puri Express will arrive Dongargarh at 04.40 hrs. Besides the 18109 Tatanagar-Itwari Express will depart from Jharsuguda at 14.55 hrs and Itwari at 04.55 hrs and the 18518 Vishakhapatnam-Korba Express will leave Lakholi at 06.20 hrs and Korba at 11.15 hrs.