Biswajit Sahu

ECoR appoints Biswajit Sahu as new CPRO

Biswajit Sahu, an officer of 2013 batch of the Indian Railways Stores Service (IRSS), has taken over as the new chief public relations officer (CPRO) of East Coast Railway. He has taken charge from Kaushalendra Kishore Khadanga, IRSME; who is going abroad on deputation to Mauritius Railway. Prior to his taking over as the chief…

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Ashwini Vaishnaw

Railway minister inspects electronic interlocking system at Jharsuguda

Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the Jharsuguda Electronic Interlocking System along with Archana Joshi, general manager, SER & ECoR and other senior officials on his second day of his visit to Odisha’s Jharsuguda on Tuesday. The minister also inspected Jharsuguda station and suggested several passenger amenity measures. Vaishnaw had held a high-level review meeting…

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ECoR

MEMU train to run between Bhubaneswar and Nayagarh town

MEMU trains will run between Bhubaneswar and Nayagarh Town from 15 November, 2021 by replacing the present conventional coaches. 08423/08424 Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town-Bhubaneswar Special from Bhubaneswar on 15 November and from Nayagarh Town on 16 November will run with MEMU Coaches. The train will have six MEMU Coaches and two Motor Car MEMU Coaches in its…

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Ashwini Vaishnaw

Railway minister discusses infrastructural development works in Odisha

Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held a high-level review meeting with South Eastern Railway (SER) and the East Coast Railway (ECoR) officials at Jharsuguda in Odisha on Monday. Vaishnaw gave importance to safety issues and suggested several measures to improve passenger amenities over the SER’s jurisdiction. Issues pertaining to infrastructural development works of the railways…

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Indian Railways

Special train to run between Howrah and Bhadrak

In order to facilitate passengers, it has been decided to run a Special Train between Howrah and Bhadrak from 9 November, 2021. 08043 Howrah-Bhadrak Special from Howrah will leave at 1540hrs and will reach Bhadrak at 2235hrs on 9 November. In its return journey, 08044 Bhadrak-Howrah Special from Bhadrak will leave at 0450hrs and will…

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ECoR

Special train between Kharagpur and Jajpur Keonjhar Road

In order to facilitate passengers, a Special Train will run between Kharagpur and Jajpur Keonjhar Road from 12 November, 2021. 08037 Kharagpur-Jajpur Keonjhar Road Special from Kharagpur will leave at 1615hrs and will reach Jajpur Keonjhar Road at 2140hrs on 12 November. In its return journey, 08038 Jajpur-Keonjhar Road-Kharagpur Special from Jajpur Keonjhar Road will…

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Vigilance Awareness Week 2021 concludes at ECoR

The week-long Vigilance Awareness Week concluded at East Coast Railway on Tuesday, with additional general manager Sudhir Kumar and principal heads of the departments of ECoR attending the concluding function. The additional general manager handed over certificates and prizes to the employees for their wards for their outstanding performance in the on-the-spot essay, debate and…

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Indian Railways

Bhubaneswar-Palasa train to halt at six more stations with revised timings

Bhubaneswar-Palasa-Bhubaneswar Special train will now have additional stoppages at six more stations from 8 November. 08433/08434 pair of trains will also run with revised timings and fully unreserved until further notice. The new stoppages will be at Bhusandpur, Kuhuri, Gangadharpur, Ganjam, Golanthara and Surla Road apart from its scheduled stoppages between Bhubaneswar and Palasa from…

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ECoR

Rastriya Ekta Diwas celebrated at ECoR headquarters

East Coast Railway’s (ECoR) general manager Vidya Bhushan administered oath to the Officers and employees of ECoR to dedicate themselves towards preserving the unity, integrity and security of the nation and act on the vision and actions of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. Later Bhusan flagged off the Run for Unity rally where…

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