East Coast Railway zone


The East Coast Railway is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways. It came into existence on 1 April 2003. It headquarters are located at.
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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 charge of the newly declared Zone on 16 September 1996. Initially, only one division namely Khurda Road was attached to this railway.
The zone became fully operational on 1 April 2003. The Waltair division was notified to be bifurcated from the East Coast Railway zone on 27 February 2019. The Odisha section of Waltair division will constitute the new Rayagada division, while the Andhra Pradesh section will be a part of the South Coast Railway zone upon operationalization.

Divisions

The geographical jurisdiction of East Coast Railway zone extends over three states encompassing almost all of Odisha and Bastar, Mahasamund and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh and a minor part Palasa, Sompeta and seven other stations of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh. The zonal headquarters is at Bhubaneswar in Odisha.
The zone has three divisions: Sambalpur, Khurda and Rayagada.
The Rayagada railway division was proposed to succeed a section of the former Waltair division which will remain in the East Coast Railway zone upon bifurcation. The foundation stone for the zone was laid on 6 January 2025, with the demarcation of the zone finalised on 7 February 2025.

Rail infrastructure

Routes

East Coast Railway zone has about 273 railway stations with a track length of 5214 km spread as follows:-

Railway lines

ECoR zone has below tracks. All are broad gauge. The sections are:-
  1. Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar-Khurda Road- Double Electrified BG line
  2. Talcher-Cuttack Double Electrified BG line
  3. Titlagarh Junction-Mahasamund Double Electrified BG line
  4. Cuttack-Paradip Double Electrified BG line
  5. Khurda road-Puri Double Electrified BG line
  6. Sambalpur Junction-Talcher Double Electrified BG line
  7. Titlagarh Junction-Sambalpur Junction Double Electrified BG line
  8. Sambalpur Junction-Jharsuguda Junction Double Electrified BG line
  9. Rayagada-Koraput Single Electric BG line
  10. Naupada Junction-Gunupur Single Electrified line
  11. Jakhapura Junction-Banspani Double Electrified BG line

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