East Coast Railway zone

The East Coast Railway (abbreviated as ECoR) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways. It came into existence on 1 April 2003. It headquarters are located at Bhubaneswar.^[1]

East Coast Railway (ECoR)

15-East Coast Railway
Overview
Headquarters	Bhubaneswar
Reporting mark	ECoR
Locale	Odisha Chhattisgarh Andhra Pradesh
Dates of operation	1 April 2003; 22 years ago (2003-04-01)–
Predecessor	South Eastern Railway Zone
Technical
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC
Other
Website	eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in

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.^[2]

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.^[3] The foundation stone for the zone was laid on 6 January 2025, with the demarcation of the zone finalised on 7 February 2025.^[4]

Gallery

East Coast Railway Gallery

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  East Coast Railway written in Devanagari

Rail infrastructure

• Carriage Repair Workshop – Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar
• MEMU Shed – Khurda Road

Routes

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

Division	Total kilometre		Electrified kilometre
	Track	Route	Track	Route	-
Total	5,214	2,677	3,371	1,543

Railway lines

ECoR zone has below tracks. All are 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge. The sections are:-

1. Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar-Khurda Road- Double Electrified BG line [92 Railway stations]
2. Talcher-Cuttack Double Electrified BG line [21 Railway stations]

1. Titlagarh Junction-Mahasamund Single Electrified BG line [15 Railway stations] (Electric doubling of this line is currently underway)
2. Cuttack-Paradip Double Electrified BG line [10 Railway stations]
3. Khurda road-Puri Double Electrified BG line [11 Railway stations]
4. Sambalpur Junction-Talcher Single Electrified BG line [16 Railway stations](Electric doubling of this line is currently underway)
5. Titlagarh Junction-Sambalpur Junction Single Electrified BG line [16 Railway stations] (Electric doubling of this line is currently underway)
6. Sambalpur Junction-Jharsuguda Junction Double Electrified BG line [10 Railway stations]
7. Rayagada-Koraput Single Electric BG line [15 Railway stations]
8. Naupada Junction-Gunupur Single Diesel BG line [14 Railway stations]
9. Jakhapura Junction-Banspani Single Electrified BG line [17 Railway stations] (Electric doubling of this line is currently underway)

Loco sheds

• Electric Loco Shed, Angul

External links

• East Coast Railway Official Website
• Khurda Road Division
• Sambalpur Division

See also

• All India Station Masters' Association (AISMA)
• Zones and divisions of Indian Railways
• Indian Railway Signal Maintainers Union (IRSTMU)
• South Coast Railway