International Women’s Day 2022 was celebrated by East Coast Railway on Tuesday at Railway Auditorium in association with East Coast Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation. To mark this occasion, a seminar on “Gender Equality Today for Sustainable Tomorrow” was organised where eminent personalities presented their views on the above subject. Gracing the occasion, principal chief signal…
Sharad Kumar Srivastava, an officer of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineer (IRSSE) of 1986 batch has joined East Coast Railway as additional general manager, on Monday. Prior to the new posting, Srivastava was working as principal chief signal and telecom engineer at Metro Railway, Kolkata. He also worked as divisional railway manager of Adra…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been allocated about Rs 9,734 crore which is the highest budgetary provision made so far and more than the state’s demands for railway infrastructure in the 2022-23 Union budget, a senior official said. The official said this year’s budget allocation for Odisha is Rs 2,738.5 crore more than the last year’s allocation…
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has opened outreach camps to look into the concerns raised by the candidates in regard to the results of 1st Stage CBT of Centralised Employment Notification CEN 01/2019 of Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) issued by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs). Indian Railways has formed a high-level committee to go…
Bhubaneswar: Three coal-laden wagons of a goods train derailed in Odisha on Thursday, reported PTI. The derailment disrupted freight movement between Cuttack and Paradip, an East Coast Railway official said. The incident took place at a loco shed near Cuttack station, additional divisional railway manager (Khurda Road) Kalyan Patnaik said. No one was injured due…
East Coast Railway observed 73rd Republic Day at Railway Stadium, Bhubaneswar where Sudhir Kumar, additional general manager hoisted the National Flag and took salute in the parade organised by Railway Protection Force (RPF) with Covid protocols. Speaking on the occasion, Sudhir Kumar said the Covid pandemic has impacted the life of each individual and each…
It has come to the knowledge of Railway administration that some websites have published a notice claiming that the Indian Railways Protection Force (RPF) is recruiting RPF personnel for Constable Recruitment Examination, 2022. After a fact check by Railways and Press Information Bureau it has been found to be completely fake and no such recruitment…
For the convenience of daily commuters, East Coast Railway has decided to provide extra stoppages of Rayagada-Guntur-Rayagada Express at Gajapatinagaram and Jimidipeta. 17243/17244 Guntur-Rayagada-Guntur Express from Guntur from Dec 1, and from Rayagada from Dec 2 will provide stoppages at the above mentioned stations. 17243 Guntur-Rayagada Express will arrive at Gumada at 1258hrs and will…
Keeping in view of the demands from the travelling public, it has been decided to extend the services of 08439/08440 Puri-Patna-Puri Special up to last week of December, 2021. 08439 Puri-Patna Special leaving Puri at 1455hrs on every Saturday will run up to 25 December, 2021. In the return direction, 08440 Patna-Puri Special leaving from…
Ministry of Railways has decided to change the mail/express/passenger and holiday special train services to regular train services in phased manner and revert to pre-pandemic ticket fares as Covid caseload in the country come down. After this decision, around 76 mail/express and holiday special trains and 14 passenger trains originating and terminating in East Coast…
