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BHUBANESWAR: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to make the Bhubaneswar New railway station operational before Rath Yatra festival begins from July 14.The work of the station was started in 2012. Out of the total nine lines, five rail lines were functioning in the station. It faces difficulty in handling the heavy traffic as it has only six platforms.The station will be used as Bhubaneswar main station’s alternate terminal like Nizamuddin, Old Delhi and Anand Vihar are used for the New Delhi railway station. Later the ECoR will provide stoppages for the express and super fast trains in future, he added.The station has nine rail lines and seven platforms along with two foot over bridges. The southbound trains will go for maintenance at Mancheswar and come to the station through the link line.Once the station gets operational, passengers from Barang, Nandankanan, Raghunathpur, Kalarahanga, KIIT area, Patia and nearby areas will board the trains from the new station..