ECoR achieves 200 MT loading milestone

Bhubaneswar, February 15: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has achieved 200MT Milestone in loading registering an incremental growth of 26.67 MT and registering an increase of 15 per cent than the corresponding period of last fiscal – from 1st April 2021 to 14th February, 2022, said an official release. According to ECoR statement, during the […]

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Puri Railway Station to be redeveloped into world class transit hub

Puri, July 9: The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has invited bids for the redevelopment of Puri Railway Station. The objective of station redevelopment is to provide best-in-class amenities to passengers and enhance the travel experience. The station will be built on Design, Build, Finance, Operate, Transfer Model (DBFOT), and the tentative cost of the […]

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Special train between Khurda Road-Udhna in Surat from July 5

Bhubaneswar, June 30: One pair of special trains will run between Khurda Road and Udhna (near Surat) in Gujrat from July 5 to avoid heavy wait lists in western India bound regular trains. According to an East Coast Railway (ECoR) statement, (08585/08586) Khurda Road-Udhna-Khurda Road Special via Vizianagaram and Titilagarh will leave Khurda Road at […]

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Nine pairs of special trains to run from/through East Coast Railway jurisdiction from June 26

Bhubaneswar, June 22: The Ministry of Railways has decided to run nine pairs of long distance special trains from and through East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction till further advice. These trains include Howrah-Titilagarh-Howrah Ispat Special, Rourkela-Jagadalpur-Rourkela Special & Rourkela-Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Special. According to an ECoR statement, the Howrah-Titilagarh-Howrah Special (02517/02518) from Howrah will leave at […]

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Fight against COVID-19: Railways to transpoft oxygen by Ro-Ro service

Bhubaneswar, April 22: In response to fight against Covid-19, Indian Railways has geared up to run Oxygen Express to supply Oxygen from Steel plants to different parts of the country. First Roll On-Roll Off (Ro-Ro) Oxygen Express is now in East Coast Railway (ECoR) with seven empty tankers from Kalamboli Goods Shed in Maharashtra. It […]

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COVID-19: ECoR GM urges public not to visit railway offices

Bhubaneswar, April 16: In view of upsurge in Covid-19 cases, East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Vidya Bhushan on Friday appealed to the general public to refrain from visiting railway offices. He also requested that, instead of visiting offices physically, correspondences may be done by means of email, phone, fax or by SMS. Apart from […]

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ECoR to run 3 more MEMU trains in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, March 26: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday decided to run MEMU trains between Puri-Cuttack and Cuttack-Paradip and between Bhadrak-Cuttack. The Puri-Cuttack MEMU (68416) from Puri will leave at 8 AM from April 12 and will reach at Cuttack at 10.45 AM. In the return direction, Cuttack-Puri MEMU (68415) from Cuttack will leave […]

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Hot Axle Box Detection System installed at Belsonda, Boinda & Brundamal

Bubaneswar, January 20: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has installed “Hot Axle Box Detection System” at Belsonda, Boinda and Brundamal Stations over Sambalpur division, said an official release. According to the ECoR, this is a system based on sensors which gathers information on Rolling Stock conditions like Bearing condition, and Axle Temperature etc., of the […]

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Kerejanga-Angul doubling railway line commissioned in record time

Bhubaneswar, January 11: The doubling between Kerejanga-Angul of 13.51 km has been commissioned on Sunday in a record time. CCRS has authorized to run the trains at a maximum speed of 100kmph for the new double line. With this, doubling between Rairakhol to Angul is now completed for Sambalpur-Talcher Doubling project. This is 85.3km out […]

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