Tag: East Coast Railway

Bhubaneswar: The Railways is targetting to complete the electrification of the Lanjigarh Road-Junagarh and Naupada-Gunupur lines in Odisha by the end of 2019, an East Coast Railways (ECoR) official said here on Thursday. The work in the 56-kilometre Lanjigarh Road-Junagarh branch line of the Vizianagaram-Titilagarh-Raipur route and 90-kilometre Naupada-Gunupur branch line of Howrah-Chennai route is […]

Nayagarh: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday inaugurated the railway line between Nayagarh Town and Mahipur Railway Station as part of the ongoing Khurda Road-Bolangir rail project. Besides, the Khurda- Nayagarh – Khurda passenger train was also flagged off to Mahipur on the occasion. The 12 km line from Nayagarh town to Mahipur Railway Station […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway has successfully commissioned a waste-to-energy plant here at Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop. The plant, first of its kind in Indian Railways and 4th in the country, was inaugurated on Wednesday by Railway Board Member (Rolling Stock) Rajesh Agarwal. The plant, commissioned three months after the foundation stone was laid, was […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways has commissioned country’s first governmental Waste to Energy Plant, having a capacity of 500 Kg waste per day, in Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop at Bhubaneswar under East Coast Railway (ECoR). Member Rolling Stock, Rajesh Agarwal inaugurated the plant on January 22, 2020, along with GM, East Coast Railway. This Waste to […]

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imprint is clearly discernible in the Railway Budget 2020-21 for Odisha. Not only State’s many languishing rail projects received a capital boost in the rail budget but some of the impoverished districts of the State have also been put on the rail map. Delayed by almost 20-years, the 289km Khurda […]

Bhubaneswar: Think twice before littering waste next time you visit a railway station as you might end up in coughing up higher penalty for the violation. As per the notification of East Coast Railway (ECoR), the existing penalties for violation of cleanliness rules have been revised across all three divisions- Khurda Road, Waltair and Sambalpur. […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday informed that trains bound and originating from its jurisdiction will be diverted, cancelled and partially cancelled due to safety related modernisation work in Northern, Central and South Western Railway jurisdictions. In press release, the ECoR informed that some trains will be diverted, cancelled and partially cancelled in […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Saturday informed that the Ministry of Railways has decided to run Jan Sadharan Express special train between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in view of the demands from the passengers of the outlying areas of the twin cities. The ECoR informed that the Jan Sadharan special train will run on […]

Titilagarh: The completion of much-awaited electrification works of Titilagarh-Raipur railway line under the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway (ECoR) has now put a smile on the faces of railway passengers travelling through the section. According to sources, the electrification works were underway for a long time. Initially, passenger trains and goods trains in the route […]

Bhubaneswar: Ministry of Railways has decided to engage Station Ticket Booking Agents (STBAs) at small Stations considering the safety-related responsibilities of Assistant Station Masters (ASMs) who sell TrainTickets in these Stations. In view of the above, East Coast Railway has decided to engage  STBAs at NSG-5 & 6 categories of Stations. These Station Ticket Booking […]

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: With the Covid-19 cases crossing the 110 mark, the Indian Railways have started screening passengers in running trains. According to an official of Railway Ministry, the national transporter officials have started the screening of passengers inside the trains in Thiruvananthapuram with the help of the Kerala government. The official said that the work […]

Bhubaneswar: Railway stations in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar wore a deserted look as passengers drastically cut down their travel due to Coronavirus outbreak resulting in mass cancellation of train tickets. With the government working closely with agencies to ensure social distancing, dependence on public transportation, where chances of spreading of infection are […]

Bhubaneswar: Railways are the lifeline and come under essential services that keep the entire nation going. Despite suspension of passenger train services as part of nation-wide strategy to contain the spread of coronavirus, Indian Railways is operating round-the-clock to ensure that supply of essential commodities doesn’t come to a halt. However, several railway vehicles on […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has taken up the challenge on various fronts in an all-out fight against COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. On the one side, it is ensuring supply of essential commodities like coal for the powerhouses, food grains for the public distribution system, petrol, diesel and other petroleum products for the transportation sector […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has deployed drones to keep a vigil and ensure the security of its assets, infrastructure and vital installations during the nationwide lockdown which is in force to contain the spread of COVID-19. During the lockdown, assets like coaches and PRS counters are out of sight as they are not […]