Railways

Odisha Fast-Tracks Rail Projects

24/09/2025Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, September 24: Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg on Tuesday chaired a high-level review meeting on railway infrastructure and ongoing projects on Tuesday and reviewed the progress of crucial ongoing railway projects in the State. Odisha continues to play a leading role in railway development by expediting land acquisition, ensuring timely clearances, and co-financing […]

Talcher-Bimalagarh Rail Link Project accelerates with new tender for remaining 30.625 km stretch

15/01/202517/01/2025Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, January 15: In a significant development aimed at completing the long-awaited Talcher-Bimalagarh New Broad Gauge (BG) Rail Link Project, the Ministry of Railways has invited tenders for the balance stretch of the project. This new rail link, spanning 149.78 km, is set to connect Talcher with Bimalagarh in Odisha, and the invitation for tender […]

Indian Railways launches Mobile Application “Sanraksha”

28/11/202430/11/2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, November 28: The Indian Railways took another step today towards passenger safety with the Pan-India launch of Sanraksha Mobile Application. The application aims at improving railway safety through capacity building of the Indian Railway’s frontline safety category staff. Member Operations and Business Development , Railway Board Ravinder Goyal on Thursday launched the Sanraksha Mobile […]

Jan Sadharan Express between Bhubaneswar-Cuttack from tomorrow

29/02/202001/03/2020Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the demands from passengers and to facilitate the passengers of outlaying areas of Twin City – Bhubneswar and Cuttack, the Ministry of Railways has decided to run a Jan Sadharan Special Trains between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for a month between March 1 and 31, on trial basis. According to East Coast […]

Trains cancelled, rescheduled for modernisation work in Odisha

14/02/202015/02/2020Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: In view of safety related modernisation work in Hazrat Nizamuddin-Palwal Railway Stations under Northren Railway jurisdiction under Solapur Division of Central Railway and under Bangalore Railway Division of South Western Railway jurisdiction for commissioning of different infrastructure related developmental works, some ECoR-bound trains and trains originating from ECoR jurisdiction will be diverted, cancelled and […]

Train tickets in Odia launched, to be available in 317 stations in Odisha

26/12/201927/12/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: The facility of unreserved tickets in Odia language was launched by Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here at Bhubaneswar railway station in the presence of Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha member Aparajita Sarangi and Rajya Sabha member Raghunath Mohapatra. The facility will be available in 317 stations across the State, said a […]

Special train between Visakhapatnam-Allahabad via Bhubaneswar, Bhadrak from Nov 26

16/11/201918/11/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways has decided to run special train between Visakhapatnam and Allahabad via Bhubaneswar, Bhadrak and Gaya from November 26 with an aim to clear extra rush of passengers. As per an East Coast Railway (ECoR) communiqué, Visakhapatnam- Subedarganj (Allahabad) -Visakhapatnam the Suvidha Special (82851/82852) will leave Visakhapatnam at 1.50 pm on […]

Railways MoS opens passenger facilities at three Odisha railway stations

04/03/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Monday inaugurated different passenger amenities at Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur and Talcher railway stations through videoconferencing from Railway auditorium here in the presence of Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Sinha laid the foundation-stone of an escalator at Bhubaneswar railway station and dedicated an escalator […]