Tag: East Coast Railway

Nayagarh: Police on Monday arrested 11 people including a police constable for attacking station master in charge of Nayagarh railway station and pillaging the office premises. The police constable identified…

Bhubaneswar: The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has said that the ongoing partial lockdown in the State has been extended till September 20. However, with a complete shutdown in WB to be imposed on August 27, 2020, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) had to cancel several trains, partially cancel some and withdraw stoppages of a […]

Bhubaneswar: East-Coast Railway on Saturday notified the schedules of the special passenger trains to be run from several places of Odisha to facilitate smooth movement of civil service aspirants set to appear in the preliminary examinations on October 4, 2020. As per the notification provided by the Railways, all the special passenger trains will run […]

Puri: Heavy cleaning and sanitation drive are currently being carried out at Puri Railway Station as the East Coast Railway is scheduled to resume services of its three trains from here today. As per the data shared by the Indian Railways, three pairs of trains including Puri-Ahmedabad, Puri-Durg, and Puri-New Delhi will run from the […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to enhance the train handling capacity between Ambodala and Lanjigarh Road railway stations in Rayagada-Titilagarh Railway Section, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has commissioned modernisation work in connection with yard remodelling by providing additional cross overs and shunting neck in the yard. It has also commissioned Intermediate Block Signaling in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid this Covid pandemic, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has come up with many initiatives to provide a boost to the ongoing fight against the virus. This time, the railway zone has engaged a robotic device – MeD ROBO – to assist hospital staff at ECoR Central Hospital in Mancheswar here for effective management of […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to decongest the present out-patient department in the East Coast Railway (ECoR) Central Hospital at Mancheswar in Bhubaneswar, a new OPD complex has been provided to facilitate treatment of patients. As per reports, the increase in capacity would facilitate around 150 more patients every day. The new OPD of ECoR Central Hospital […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway has decided to run four more special trains in its jurisdiction till further advice. Besides, services of five pairs of festival special trains have been withdrawn for less footfall of passengers. The new pairs of trains are: Visakhapatnam-Rayagada, Palasa-Visakhapatnam, Palasa-Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur-Rayagada. Train number Visakhapatnam-Rayagada Special, from Visakhapatnam will leave […]

Bhubaneswar: Adding another feather to its cap, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has been selected for the most prestigious Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Best Zonal Railway Shield-2020 for all-round performance among all the zones in Indian Railways. Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Best Zonal Railway Shield is a prestigious honour for any Zonal Railway and the […]

Bhubaneswar: Furthering its commitment to ensuring the safety of both road passengers and rail users, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Engineering Projects India Limited (EPIL) on Tuesday for construction of seven road over bridges (ROBs) between Dhanmandal- Brahmapur railway stations on Bhadrak- Palasa section of Khurda Road Division […]

Bhubaneswar: The clear standing length (CSL) extension work of the NTPC exchange yard in Talcher has been provided with MSDAC (Multi-Section Digital Axle Counter) replacing the obsolete analogue Axle Counters for better efficiency. Informing about the modern signalling system commissioned in NTPC yard, East Coast Railway (ECoR) stated that the yard is now provisioned with […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 20 trains originating from the East Coast Railway (ECoR) and five others passing through the railway jurisdiction will now run with revised timings as the Ministry of Railways has decided to run these special trains with revised timings from today (December 1). The special trains will run with revised timings on […]

The Ministry of Railways has revised the timings of many special trains at various scheduled stations with effect from December 1, 2020, keeping in view the convenience of passengers and smooth traffic operations during a peak season ahead- Christmas and New Year. In view of the revised timings, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) administration has […]

Bhubaneswar: To facilitate the movement of passengers, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run six more special trains from its jurisdiction from this week. Services of two trains – Bhubaneswar-Tirupati-Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur- Jammu Tawi- Sambalpur have already started, sources said. “Additional Special Trains will run from the second week of January, 2021 and […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to facilitate people preferring travel by trains, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to extend the running of 21 pairs of special trains originating from its jurisdiction up to the last week of March, 2021. The list of trains is as follows: 02819/02820 Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar-Bhubaneswar bi-weekly Special leaving from Bhubaneswar […]