Odisha: ECoR commissions Freight Train Examination & Wagon ROH Facility at SARLA Station in Sambalpur division

Bhubaneswar, August 19: In a major milestone towards bolstering infrastructure and meeting the growing industrial demands of Western and Southern Odisha, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has successfully commissioned a Freight Train Examination and Routine Overhauling (ROH) Facility at Sarla Station. The project, executed by RITES Ltd. in collaboration with the Gati Shakti Unit (GSU) […]

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Odisha: ECoR to run highest ever 315 special trains for Puri Rath Yatra-2024 

Bhubaneswar, June 28: The Ministry of Railways has planned to run 315 Special Trains to and from Puri during the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath for smooth travel and convenience of the pilgrims from 6th July to 19th July, 2024, said an official release. This year, Gundicha Yatra being celebrated for two days. Having experience […]

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Five more pairs of Summer Special Trains from ECoR to clear additional rush of passengers 

Bhubaneswar, April 23: Five more pairs of summer special trains will run from East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction towards different destinations of the country to clear additional rush of passengers in regular trains during summer. A. Puri-Udhna (Surat) bi-weekly Summer Special Train: 08471/08472 Puri-Udhna-Puri Summer Special Train from Puri will leave at 0630hrs on every […]

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PM Modi to launch 274 railway projects in Odisha on Tuesday 

Bhubaneswar, March 11: In a major boost to Railways’ infrastructure and connectivity, Prime Minister will lay foundation stone and dedicate various railway projects worth over Rs 85,000 crore in the country, including 274 projects in Odisha. The Prime Minister will grace the event simultaneously at 764 locations across the countrythroughvideoconferencing. Addressing media persons here, East […]

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ECoR achieves 200 MT freight loading in just 295 days, highest ever by any Railway zone 

Bhubaneswar, January 23: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has surpassed all records of Indian Railways in freight loading in the Financial Year 2023-24, said an official release. “From 1st April, 2023 to 22nd January, 2024, the zone loaded 202.111 million tons of freight, shattering the earlier record of highest Freight Loading of 191.39 MT loaded […]

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ECoR GM Manoj Sharma inspects Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak railway section

Bhubaneswar, January 2: East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Manoj Sharma on Tuesday inspected the Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak Railway Section and reviewed the safety, traffic facilities and took stock of ongoing infrastructure works in the railway section. During the inspection Sharma reviewed the traffic facility works along with infrastructure related and passenger amenities works at the Stations […]

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Visakhapatnam-Rayagada-Visakhapatnam Passenger Special to run up to Bhawanipatna

Bhubaneswar, December 22: The Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the services of 08504/08503 Visakhapatnam-Rayagada-Visakhapatnam Passenger Special up to Bhawanipatna. According to an East Coast Railway (ECoR) statement, the 08504 Visakhapatnam-Rayagada Passenger Special after reaching at Rayagada at 10 PM will leave at 10.05 PM towards Bhawanipatna. This train will reach at Bhawanipatna at […]

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Tata-Ernakulum-Tata Express to run 5 days a week 

Bhubaneswar, December 22: The frequency of Tata-Ernakulum-Tata Express will be increased from bi-weekly to five days in a week for the convenience of passengers, especially the passengers of western and southern districts of Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh, said an official release. According to an East Coast Railway (ECoR) statement, the 18189 Tata-Ernakulam now leaving […]

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Safety works in Waltair Division: Here’s a list of trains cancelled, rescheduled & regulated 

Bhubaneswar, November 13: Services of several trains were cancelled and regulated to facilitate safety related modernisation works like placement of RCC segmental boxes by cut andcover method in connection with rebuilding of stone slab bridges over Rayagada-Vizianagaram section in Waltair Division. The details followed as Cancellation of trains: 1. The train No. 08504 Visakhapatnam-Rayagada Pass […]

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East Coast Railway extends services of special trains 

Bhubaneswar, November 6: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has extend the services of existing special trains for another more trips. Apart from this, some more special trains have also been decided to run through ECoR towards different destination, to clear additional rush of passengers in the peak time like puja and winter, said an ECoR […]

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