Tag: East Coast Railway

Bhubaneswar: After a delay of nearly four months, Indian Railways is all set to provide train tickets printed in Odia language for passengers traveling to and from Odisha. The new scripting in local vernacular language-Odia will apply for the Unreserved Train Tickets. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate the unreserved train tickets printed in Odia […]

Bhubaneswar: With a view to clearing additional rush of passengers during Puja Holidays, Ministry of Railways is running Special Trains towards different destinations from and through East Coast Railway jurisdiction by creating additional berths. These trains are Puri-Santragachhi (Howrah)-Puri Special, Puri-Shalimar (Howrah)-Puri Special, Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Special, Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Special, Visakhapatnam-Tirupati-Visakhapatnam Special, Kacheguda-Tata-Kacheguda Special, Sealdah-Puri-Sealdah Special and Santragachhi-Chennai-Santragachhi […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway will start MEMU service in three new routes — Puri & Cuttack, Cuttack & Bhadrak and Cuttack & Paradip in Odisha. Here’s the complete detail: The MEMU Train between Puri and Cuttack will replace 58416 Cuttack-Paradip passenger with train number 68416 Puri-Cuttack MEMU from 28th September. In return direction, 58415 […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway has launched the second phase of special drive to intensify strict action against unauthorized vending in trains during the Durga puja rush, an official said on Thursday. The first phase of anti-hawking drive started in July this year has borne good results, the official said. “Anticipating increased presence of hawkers […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of rush in trains particularly during Durga puja festivities, Indian Railways has initiated a slew of measures to make the journey of passengers more hassle free. In view of the heavy rush in trains during Durga puja time, Ministry of Railways is running special trains towards different destinations of the country. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the heavy rush in trains following completion of recruitment rally of the 120 Army Battalion, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) is running two Examination Special trains today. According to official sources, the first train will leave Bhubaneswar at 8 PM towards Koraput via Brahmapur-Vizianagaran and Rayagada. Maximum candidates residing in Southern […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to install monumental national flags atop 100 feet-poles at 26 railway stations in the zone during the current fiscal to “instill patriotism in the passengers”. The decision to install monumental flags at railway stations in district headquarters, historical places and tourist destinations was taken as per the […]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the heavy rush in trains for Chhat Puja Festival, East Coast Railway has announced special train between Puri and Hatia. This Train will leave Puri station at 1.30 pm on October 30 towards Hatia via Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sambalpur City, Jharsuguda, Rourkela. In the return direction, this train will leave […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway has announced to run special trains on 12/11/2019 (Tuesday) for ensuring easy conveyance and clearing extra rush of passengers on Kartik Purnima in Puri. Train no- 06843, a special passenger train will run from Puri to Palasa on the occasion. The train will leave Puri at 2 PM. Similarly, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Short distance train passengers in Odisha will soon be able to avail Sleeper Class journey facility by paying a little extra amount of the General Second Class Ticket fare as the East Coast Railway has planned to extend the Unreserved Sleeper Class Ticket facility in three more trains from next year. The three trains […]

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 […]