Tag: East Coast Railway

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has fined the East Coast Railway (ECoR) Rs 50 lakh on charges of operating a railway siding without its permission at Jakhapura railway station in Jajpur district

Bhubaneswar: To provide comfortable journey to the commuters and to avoid rush in regular trains, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi Express trains daily instead of earlier six days in a week. Shatabdi Express on Wednesdays and Jan Shatabdi Express on Sundays will run as Special Trains till June […]

East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run nine pairs of weekly and bi-weekly special trains across various destinations of the country in a bid to clear additional rush of passengers during the summer

Bolangir: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) today removed its last mechanical signals with arms, which was operational in at Tureikela Road Station near Kantabanji in Balangir district, and replace it with modern signalling system. With this, as part of its modernization plan, ECoR has now replaced all the mechanical signals with arms or Semaphore along […]

Bhubaneswar: To cope with poor visibility and ensure passengers’ safety during foggy weather, the East Coast Railway has instructed its staff members to take sufficient precautions such as using detonators and regulating the speed of trains. Loco pilots have been instructed to regulate train speed depending on visibility during fog and dense weather condition in […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: A railway station in a hilly, tribal-dominated area of Odisha is plucking water from the air to tackle its drinking water woes, an official of the East Coast Railway said today, stressing that it was the first such experiment in the rail network. Because of the uneven terrain in Rauli, 460 km from […]

Bhubaneswar: The Railway authorities here today set a target to complete the construction work of new Bhubaneswar railway station by May, 2017, officials said. The target was set at a review meeting chaired by East Coast Railway General Manager Umesh Singh. “The new Bhubaneswar railway station will be ready for commissioning by the end of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Railways today said top focus will be laid on expanding rail network in Odisha, while priority will be to link unconnected areas of the state and improve connectivity to ports. This was announced after Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain reviewed the performance and progress of ongoing Railway projects with General Manager, […]

Bhubaneswar: To provide facilities to the commuters, Railways have decided to extend the services of Raipur-Bhawanipatna Passenger train up to Junagarh Road from July 8. 58207 Raipur-Junagarh Road Passenger train will leave Bhawanipatna at 2245 hrs, Kutrukhamar at 2307 hrs towards Junagarh Road and will arrive at Junagarh Road at 2345 hrs with effect from […]

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) today cancelled at least six trains and suspended services between Khurda Road in Odisha and Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh after several stations and tracks suffered damages in Cyclone ‘Titli’. The ECoR has also partially cancelled, rescheduled and diverted several trains passing through the State till further orders. Here’s the complete […]

Cuttack: An alert loco driver thwarted a possible train mishap near Balikuda station on the outskirts of Cuttack today. Sources said the driver of the Main Line Electrical Multiple Unit (MEMU) immediately stopped the train after spotting a red flag. The train was on its way to Berhampur from Cuttack when the driver noticed the […]

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As a precautionary measure to break the Covid-19 chain, the Indian Railways has decided to restrict the train movements to Puri during the upcoming RathYatra festival.

Despite repeated warnings issued by the Indian Railways, passengers are seen disobeying the orders. Finding a new way to stop this, the Railways has decided to impose hefty fines along with a jail term, which may be extend up to six months. Here are a few precautions to ensure safety of rail users and public: […]

The trains have been cancelled on May 10 and 11 to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission.