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{{Short description|Railway company operating in India}}
{{distinguish|East Coast Railway zone}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
The '''East Coast State Railway''' was a railway company operating in India. It was a guaranteed company formed in 1890. It had a brief existence. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras Railway in 1901.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History: Part III (1900-1947)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-01-19}}</ref> The northern part of the line was merged with [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] in 1902.<ref >{{cite web| url =  http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=East_Coast_State_Railway| title =  East Coast State Railway| publisher =  fibis| access-date =  2013-01-02| archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225140/http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=East_Coast_State_Railway| archive-date =  3 March 2016| url-status =  dead| df =  dmy-all}}</ref>

During the period 1893 to 1896, {{convert|1287|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of the East Coast State Railway, from [[Vijayawada Junction|Vijayawada]] to [[Cuttack railway station|Cuttack]] was built and opened to traffic. It included the line to [[Puri railway station|Puri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 |title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway |publisher=South Eastern Railway |access-date=2013-01-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-date=2013-04-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html | title = History of Waltair Division | publisher = Mannanna.com | access-date = 2013-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235936/http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html | archive-date = 11 October 2012 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

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