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Bhubaneswar: With Odisha recording it’s first confirmed case of Coronavirus aka COVID-19, East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Vidya Bhushan on Monday chaired a high-level review meeting and directed disinfection of railway coaches to check the spread of the virus. To properly handle and prevent the spread of corona virus, several decisions have been taken […]
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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has geared up its entire machinery in a big way to take comprehensive measures on prevention of Coronavirus aka COVID-19 infection. It has directed the Railway Medical Wing and Divisional Railway Managers to ensure that adequate prevention measures are put in place across the zone. Control Rooms have been […]
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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 […]
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Bhubaneswar: The railways has cancelled and diverted some East Coast Railway (ECoR) bound trains and trains originating from ECoR jurisdiction in view of the safety related modernisation work at Kiul station under Danapur railway division. As per an ECoR statement, (18419/18450) Puri-Jayanagar-Puri Express originating from Puri on March 19 and 26 and from Jayanagar on […]
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Bhubaneswar: Maintaining that purchase of tickets by activists taking part in rallies as very rare, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Tuesday hailed around 500 people – mostly tribals – for purchasing tickets from Bhubaneswar to Dhenkanal after participating in the rally here and thereby setting good example for the general public. “About 500 passengers […]
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Bhubaneswar: Acting tough, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has initiated strict action against a contractor for not giving minimum wages to labourers and realised Rs 15.51 lakh from him, said an official release. As per a statement of ECoR, The Vigilance Wing of the ECoR during investigation found that the contractor was not providing minimum […]
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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to introduce new Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) service in Odisha. As per an ECoR statement, it has been decided to run MEMU train by replacing earlier conventional coaches of Kendujhargarh-Bhubaneswar-Kendujhargarh Passenger Train (58425/58426) February 12. On introduction of new MEMU train, the services of old passenger […]
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Bhubaneswar: Pramod Kumar Jena, an officer of the 1987-batch of the Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS), has taken over as the new Principal Chief Operations Manager (PCOM) of East Coast Railway (ECoR). He has taken over as the head of the Operations wing of the highest-loading Railway zone in the country at a time when […]
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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR), headquartered in Bhubaneswar in Odisha, on Wednesday created history by becoming the first Government agency in the country to commission a state-of-the-art waste-to-energy plant at the Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop here. The plant, a patented technology called Polycrack, in Indian Railways and the first in the Government sector and […]
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Bhubaneswar: In view of public agitation at various places over East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction, particularly in Khurda Road Division, several long distance trains were detained and controlled en-route at different stations. According to an ECoR communiqué, train movements in Sambalpur and Waltair Railway Divisions were normal. However, some trains were controlled in Waltair Division […]
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