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East Coast Railway
East Coast Railway is one of the important zones among the 16 zones formed during reorganization of Indian on 1st April 2003. The Zonal headquarter are in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa.
Objectives:
This Zone was set up with these noble objectives which are in tandem with the objectives of the Indian Railways:
- To develop quality infrastructure within its jurisdiction
- To connect people and places through its network
- To ensure safety, security and punctuality in all its train operations
- To improve and augment passenger as well as other rail user amenities all over its territory
- To increase productivity with the aid of information technology
- To optimize the utilization of resources judiciously and efficiently
Present Status
East Coast Railway serves the states of Orissa, some parts of Andhra Pradesh and some parts of Chhattisgarh. The divisions in this zone are : Sambhalpur, Khurda Rd and Wailtair.
The total route length of East Coast Railway is 2658 kms with 5064 kms of total tracks. The electrified route is 1419 kms and there are 2207 kms of electrified tracks.
Maintenance Workshops in this zone are:
- Carriage Repair Workshop at Mancheswar
- Diesel Loco Shed (BG) at Visakhapatnam
- Electric Loco Shed at Visakhapatnam
- Electric Loco Shed at Angul
The long coast line that this Railway Zone serves is rich in minerals and natural resources. This region is on the verge of huge industrial growth with several mineral based industries, mega steel plant, chemical & fertilizer plants coming up. The ports such as Paradeep, Gopalpur and Vishakapatanam are being expanded and enhanced to handle more cargo. East Coast Railway is getting ready to satisfy this upsurge in industrial activity by various infrastructure projects that are in various stages of completion and execution.
Some important trains of this zone are:
- Sambalpur- Rayagada Express
- Sambalpur-Puri Intercity Express
- Dwarka Express
- Ahmedabad-Puri Weekly Express
- Howrah-Puri Sri Jagannath Express
- Visakhapatnam Bhubaneswar Intercity
- Nagpur Bhubaneswar Intercity
- Hirakhand Express
- Baidyanathdham Weekly Express
- Tapaswini Express
- Prasanti Satya Sai Prasanti Nilayam Express
- Jodhpur - Puri Express
- Kalinga-Utkal Express
- Rameswaram Express
- Hirakud Express
- Visakhapatnam- Nizamabad Express
- Korba Express
- Purushottam Express
- Swarna Jayanti Express
- Janmabhoomi Express
- Samata Express
- New Delhi -Puri Super Fast Express
- Orissa Sampark Kranti Express
- Chennai Express
- Ahmedabad - Puri Express
- Yeswantpur Express
- Dakshin Link Express
- Neelachal Express
- Baripada - Bhubaneswar Intercity Express
- Balangir-Bhubaneswar Intecity
- Howrah -Puri Express
- Pondicherry Express
- Janshatabdi Express
- Mumbai-Visakhapatnam Super Express