East Coast Railway zone

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For the British railway operator, see East Coast (train operating company).
East Coast Railway
पूर्वी तट रेलवे
ପୂର୍ବ ତଟ ରେଳପଥ
తూర్పు కోస్తా రైల్వే
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East Coast Railway-15
Locale Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
Dates of operation 1 April 2003–
Headquarters Bhubaneswar railway station
Website ECoR official website
East Coast Railway Headquarters at Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar railway station is one of the biggest railway station of East Coast Railway Zone
Visakhapatnam Junction is one of the busiest railway station of East Coast Railway Zone

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) is one of the sixteen railway zones of Indian Railways. It came into existence on 1 April 2003. As the name suggests, most of the railway routes of the zone are near the east coast of India.

History

Consequent upon the parliament’s approval, East Coast Railway was the first of the seven new zones to be inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda on 8 August 1996. The Officer-on-Special Duty took over charge of the newly declared Zone on 16 September 1996. Initially, only one division namely Khurda Road was attached to this railway. Subsequently the zone became fully operational with effect from 1 April 2003 with three divisions — Khurda Road, Visakhapatnam, and Sambalpur. The headquarters building of the zone at Bhubaneswar was constructed by CMM Infraprojects Ltd of Indore in 2009.

Divisions

The geographical jurisdiction of East Coast Railway zone extends over three states encompassing almost all of Odisha along with parts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts of northeastern Andhra Pradesh and Bastar and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh state. The zonal headquarters is at Bhubaneswar in Odisha.

The zone has three divisions: Sambalpur, Khurda Road and Waltair.

Electrification

The East Coast Railway line integrated with the commissioned Howrah-Chennai electrified trunk route on 29 November 2005. There was a missing link between Kharagpur and Visakhapatnam stations and all trains from Howrah towards Chennai side had to undergo a locomotive change from electric to diesel at Kharagpur and vice versa at Visakhapatnam in order to pass through Odisha. Even trains from New Delhi such as the Bhubaneswar Rajdhani had to undergo the change at Kharagpur. This frequent loco change on a trunk route became a time consuming & inconvenient process. With electrification along the 765 km Kharagpur-Visakhapatnam stretch, trains got speeded up and the need for double headed diesels for high speed express trains was eliminated thus saving on diesel consumption and a cleaner travel. Additionally the line branching off Khurda road towards Puri was also electrified. Gradually the Cuttack-Angul line, Cuttack-Paradeep line and branch line from Jakhapura towards Barbil got electrified too.

Major Railway Stations

The major railway stations in the entire zone are Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Khurda Road, Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Brahmapur, Angul, Sambalpur, Balangir, Titlagarh, Rayagada, Palasa, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram. Most of the major stations fall in the state of Odisha.

Trains

From Bhubaneswar

  • 01. 11019/11020 Bhubaneswar - Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Konark Express (Daily)
  • 02. 18411/18412 Bhubaneswar - Visakhapatnam Intercity Express (Daily)
  • 03. 17015/17016 Bhubaneswar - Secunderabad Visakha Express (Daily)
  • 04. 12281/12282 Bhubaneswar - New Delhi Duronto Express [Via- Adra] (Weekly)
  • 05. 22811/22812 Bhubaneswar - New Delhi Rajdhani Express [Via- Adra] (3days)
  • 06. 22823/22824 Bhubaneswar - New Delhi Rajdhani Express [Via- Tata] (4days)
  • 07. 12819/12820 Bhubaneswar - Anand Vihar Terminus Odisha Sampark Kranti Express [Via- Tata] (2days)
  • 08. 12879/12880 Bhubaneswar - Lokamanya Tilak Terminus Kurla Superfast Express [Via- Sambalpur, Jharsuguda] (2days)
  • 09. 18417/18418 Bhubaneswar - Rourkela Rajya Rani Express [Via- Sambalpur City] (3days)
  • 10. 18105/18106 Bhubaneswar - Rourkela Intercity Express [Via- Sambalpur City] (Daily)
  • 11. 12893/12894 Bhubaneswar - Balangir Intercity Superfast Express [Via- Sambalpur] (Daily)
  • 12. 12831/12832 Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad Garib Rath Express [Via- Sambalpur City, Rourkela] (3days)
  • 13. 22805/22806 Bhubaneswar - Anand Vihar Terminus Superfast Express [Via- Sambalpur City, Rourkela] (Weekly)
  • 14. 12073/12074 Bhubaneswar - Howrah Jan Shatabadi Express (Except Sunday)
  • 15. 22881/22882 Bhubaneswar - Pune Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 16. 22871/22872 Bhubaneswar - Tirupati Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 17. 22879/22880 Bhubaneswar - Tirupati Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 18. 12845/12846 Bhubaneswar - Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 19. 12829/12830 Bhubaneswar - Chennai Central Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 20. 12897/12898 Bhubaneswar - Puducherry Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 21. 18495/18496 Bhubaneswar - Rameswaram Express (Weekly)
  • 22. 18463/18464 Bhubaneswar - Bengaluru City Prashanthi Express (Daily)
  • 23. 18447/18448 Bhubaneswar - Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express (Daily)
  • 24. 18437/18438 Bhubaneswar - Junagarh Road Link Express (Daily)
  • 25. 12891/12892 Bhubaneswar - Bangriposi Superfast Express (Daily)
  • 26. 08451/08452 Bhubaneswar - Bengaluru Cantt. Suvidha Special (2days)
  • 27. 58425/58426 Bhubaneswar - Kendujhargarh Fast Passenger [Via- Cuttack, Jakhapura] (5days)
  • 28. 78407/78408 Bhubaneswar - Bhadrak DMU Passenger [Via- Cuttack] (Daily)
  • 29. 78411/78412 Bhubaneswar - Bramhapur DMU Passenger [Via- Khurda Road] (Daily)
  • 30. 78419/78420 Bhubaneswar - Palasa DMU Passenger [Via- Khurda Road] (Daily)

From Puri

  • 01. 12801/12802 Puri - New delhi Purushottam Superfast Express [Via- Tata] (Daily)
  • 02. 22889/22890 Puri - Digha Samudra Kanya Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 03. 12895/12896 Puri - Howrah Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 04. 12881/12882 Puri - Howrah Garib Rath Express (2days)
  • 05. 18409/18410 Puri - Howrah Sri Jagannath Express (Daily)
  • 06. 18303/18304 Puri - Sambalpur Intercity Express (Daily)
  • 07. 18401/18402 Puri - Okha Dwarka Express [Via- Visakhapatnam, Balharshah] (Weekly)
  • 08. 22883/22884 Puri - Yeshvantpur Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
  • 09. 12277/12278 Puri - Howrah Shatabdi Express (Except Wednesday)
  • 10. 22859/22860 Puri - Chennai Central Suprefast Express (Weekly)
  • 11. 12843/12844 Puri - Ahmedabad Superfast Express [Via- Vizianagaram, Titlagarh] (4days)
  • 12. 18405/18406 Puri - Ahmedabad Express [Via- Talcher, Sambalpur, Titlagarh] (Weekly)
  • 13. 12875/12876 Puri - New Delhi Neelachal Superfast Express [Via- Tata, Varanasi, Lucknow] (3days)
  • 14. 12815/12816 Puri - New Delhi Nandan Kanan Superfast Express [Via- Adra, Allahabad] (4days)
  • 15. 18477/18478 Puri - Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express [Via- Hijli, Tata, Jharsuguda, Katni Murwara] (Daily)
  • 16. 22827/22828 Puri - Surat Superfast Express [Via- Sambalpur, Titlagarh] (Weekly)
  • 17. 12993/12994 Puri - Gandhidham Superfast Express [Via- Sambalpur, Titlagarh] (Weekly)
  • 18. 19453/19454 Puri - Gandhidham Express [Via- Vizianagaram, Titlagarh] (Weekly)
  • 19. 18419/18420 Puri - Jaynagar Express [Via- Adra, Asansol] (Weekly)
  • 20. 18425/18426 Puri - Durg Express [Via- Talcher, Sambalpur, Titlagarh] (Daily)
  • 21. 18451/18452 Puri - Hatia Tapaswini Express [Via- Talcher, Sambalpur, Rourkela] (Daily)
  • 22. 22865/22866 Puri - Lokamanya Tilak Terminus Kurla Superfast Express [Via- Sambalpur, Jharsuguda] (Weekly)
  • 23. 12145/12146 Puri - Lokamanya Tilak Terminus Kurla Superfast Express [Via- Talcher, Sambalpur, Titlagarh] (Weekly)
  • 24. 18421/18422 Puri - Ajmer Express [Via- Sambalpur, Titlagarh] (2days)
  • 25. 18407/18408 Puri - Sainagar Shirdi Express [Via- Sambalpur, Titlagarh] (Weekly)
  • 26. 18473/18474 Puri - Jodhpur Express [Via- Sambalpur, Jharsuguda] (Weekly)
  • 27. 14709/14710 Puri - Bikaner Express [Via- Sambalpur, Jharsuguda] (Weekly)
  • 28. 22909/22910 Puri - Valsad Superfast Express [Via- Sambalpur City, Jharsuguda] (Weekly)
  • 29. 18415/18416 Puri - Barbil Intercity Express (Daily)
  • 30. 18413/18414 Puri - Paradip Intercity Express (Daily)
  • 31. 12821/12822 Puri - Howrah Dhauli Superfast Express (Daily)
  • 32. 17479/17480 Puri - Tirupati Express [Via- Visakhapatnam] (5days)
  • 33. 15639/15640 Puri - Guwahati Express [Via- Adra, Asansol] (Weekly)
  • 34. 18449/18450 Puri - Patna Baidyanathdham Express [Via- Adra, Asansol] (Weekly)
  • 35. 22201/22202 Puri - Sealdah Duronto Express (3days)
  • 36. 12837/12838 Puri - Howrah Superfast Express (Daily)
  • 37. 22835/22836 Puri - Shalimar Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 38. 22887/22888 Puri - Howrah Superfast Express (Weekly)
  • 39. 15643/15644 Puri - Kamakhya Express [Via- Howrah] (Weekly)
  • 40. 58132/58133 Puri - Rourkela Passenger [Via- Cuttack, Talcher, Sambalpur] (Daily)
  • 41. 58417/58418 Puri - Gunupur Passenger [Via- Khurda Road, Palasa, Naupada] (Daily)
  • 42. 58415/58416 Puri - Cuttack Passenger [Via- Khurda Road] (Daily)
  • 43. 58001/58002 Puri - Santragachi/Howrah Passenger [Via- Khurda Road, Naraj Marthapur, Kharagpur] (Daily)
  • 44. 58421/58422 Puri - Angul Fast Passenger [Via- Khurda Road, Naraj Marthapur] (Daily)
  • 45. 58413/58414 Puri - Talcher Passenger [Via- Khurda Road, Cuttack] (Daily)
  • 46. 58407/58408 Puri - Khurda Road Passenger (Daily)
  • 47. 58409/58410 Puri - Khurda Road Passenger (Daily)

From Visakhapatnam

  • Visakhapatnam - New Delhi AP AC Superfast Express Daily (22415/22416)
  • Visakhapatnam - Amritsar Hirakud Express Tri Weekly (18507/18508)
  • Visakhapatnam - TataNagar Weekly (18515/18516)
  • Visakhapatnam- Secunderabad Janmabhoomi Express (12805/12806)
  • Visakhapatnam - Hazrat Nizamudin Link express Daily (12861/12862)
  • Visakhapatnam - Hazur sahib Nanded Tri weekly (18509/18510)
  • Visakhapatnam - H Nizamuddin swarna jayanti express Bi Weekly (12803/12804)
  • Visakhapatnam -H Nizamuddin Samata Express (12807/12808)
  • Visakhapatnam - Sai Nagar Shirdi- Visakhapatnam Weekly(18503/18504)
  • Visakhapatnam- Chennai-Visakhapatnam Weekly superfast Express (22869/22870)
  • Visakhapatnam- Chennai - Visakhapatnam weekly superfast Express via Newguntur (22801/22802)
  • Visakhapatnam - Gandhidham Weekly (18501/18502)
  • Visakhapatnam - Kollam Weekly (18567/18568)
  • Visakhapatnam - Mumbai LTT Daily (18519/18520)
  • Visakhapatnam - Mumbai LTT weekly via Raipur (22847/22848)
  • Visakhapatnam - Digha Express Weekly(22874/22873)
  • Visakhapatnam - Bhagat Ki Kothi Express weekly(18573/18574)
  • Visakhapatnam - Tirupati Weekly Special (02873/02874)
  • Visakhapatnam - Paradeep SF Weekly

From Sambalpur

  • 01. 18303/18404 Sambalpur - Puri Intercity Express (Daily)
  • 02. 18301/18302 Sambalpur - Rayagada Intercity Express (Daily)
  • 03. 18309/18310 Sambalpur - Hazur Sahib Nanded Nagavali Express [Via- Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad] (3days)
  • 04. 18311/18312 Sambalpur - Varanasi Express [Via- Rourakela, Ranchi] (2days)
  • 05. 22803/22804 Sambalpur - Howrah Superfast Express [Via- Angul, Bhadrak] (Weekly)
  • 06. 58301/58302 Sambalpur - Koraput Passenger [Via- Titlagarh, Rayagada] (Daily)
  • 07. 58303/58304 Sambalpur - Junagarh Road Passenger [Via- Titlagarh, Lanjigarh Road] (Daily)
  • 08. 78103/78104 Sambalpur - Rourkela DEMU Passenger (Except Sunday)
  • 09. 58135/58136 Sambalpur - Jharsuguda Passenger (Daily)
  • 10. 58137/58138 Sambalpur - Jharsuguda Passenger (Daily)

Loco Sheds and Units

  • Electric Loco Shed, Angul
  • Diesel Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam
  • Electrical Loco Shed Visakhapatnam
  • Carriage Repair Workshop- Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar
  • No MEMU, EMU car shed

Routes

East Coast Railway zone has about 273 railway stations.

Division Track kilometre Route kilometre Electrified Track kilometre Electrified Route kilometre;
Khurda Road 1,976 834 1,965 834
Sambalpur 1,116 740
Waltair 2,122 1,103 1,406 709
Total 5,214 2,677 3,371 1,543

Railway lines

ECoR has only 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge railway tracks.

  1. Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar-Khurda Road-Visakhapatnam-Duvvada Double Electrified BG line [92 Railway stations]
  2. Talcher-Cuttack Junction Double Electrified BG line [21 Railway stations]
  3. Vizianagaram Junction-Titlagarh Junction Double Diesel BG line [28 Railway stations](Construction - Electrification of Double BG line)
  4. Titlagarh Junction-Arang Mahanadi(Chhattisgarh) Single Diesel BG line [15 Railway stations]
  5. Cuttack Junction-Paradip Double Electrified BG line [10 Railway stations]
  6. Khurda Road Junction-Puri Double Electrified BG line [11 Railway stations]
  7. Sambalpur Junction-Talcher Single Diesel BG line [16 Railway stations] (Construction - Doubling of Diesel BG line)
  8. Titlagarh Junction-Sambalpur Junction Single Diesel BG line [16 Railway stations] (Construction - Doubling of Diesel BG line)
  9. Sambalpur Junction-Jharsuguda Junction Double Diesel BG line [10 Railway stations] (Construction - Electrification of Double BG line)
  10. Kothavalasa Junction – Kirandul Single Electified BG line [47 Railway stations]
  11. Rayagada-Koraput Junction Single Diesel BG line [15 Railway stations]
  12. Naupada Junction-Gunupur Single Diesel BG line [14 Railway stations]
  13. Bobbili-Salur Single Diesel BG line [04 Railway stations]

External links

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