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Bhubaneswar: As a part of an ambitious project towards Digital India Initiative by the Indian Railways, Wi-Fi services will be provided at Cuttack Railway Station during Durga Puja in October this year. With this, Cuttack Railway Station will become one of the major railway stations in the country to have high speed internet facility for its […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the arrest of a Railway employee from Jharkhand by the Commissionerate police on the charge of defrauding Rs 22 lakh from five youths with a promise to provide them a job in the Railways, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Tuesday said it would recommend the CBI to probe into the […]

The Commissionerate police, which arrested an employee of East Coast Railway (ECoR) from Jharkhand today on the charge of defrauding Rs 22 lakh from five youths with a promise to provide them a job in the Railways, suspects involvement of a racket of some ECoR officers and staff in this shady deal

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to provide comfortable journey to the commuters and to avoid rush on regular trains to and from Puri during the world famous Car Festival-2016 of Lord Jagannath, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has provided special trains from different parts of the state, including the special trains to and from neighbouring states. Apart […]

Bhubaneswar: For the first time, Railways has decided to run reserved accommodation for the benefit of the passengers headed for Puri from Junagarh/Bhawanipatna, Bangiriposi, Bhadrak, Sambalpur, Kendujhargarh and Jagadalpur for the Rath Yatra festival in Puri scheduled on July 6. The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has appealed to the passengers to book the reserved tickets […]

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

A day after two minor boys were rescued from the RPF custody in Cuttack, Railways authorities on Wednesday ordered a probe into the alleged confinement and torture of the boys by RPF personnel

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/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 East Coast Railways has commissioned a new line at Paralakhemundi railway section in Odisha besides installing advanced signalling system, an official said. This apart, the railways also introduced modern token less block system between Nuapada and Paralakhemundi stations. This new line would enable trains which were delayed at Nupada, will now run on […]

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: Odisha has been allocated Rs 5,102 crore for development of Railways in the Union Budget for 2017-18 against the state’s demand of Rs 5,870 crore, East Coast Railways (ECoR) general manager Umesh Singh said. Stating that the allocation meets about 87 per cent of the state’s demand, Singh said, “We have passed with distinction.” […]

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 […]