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{{short description|Railway zone in India}}
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{{Infobox rail
| railroad_name = East Coast Railway
| logo_filename = East Coast Railway Zone (variant).svg
| logo_size = 200px
| system_map = Indianrailwayzones-numbered.png
| map_caption = 15-East Coast Railway
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| marks = ECoR
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| locale = [[Odisha]]<br /> [[Chhattisgarh]]<br /> [[Andhra Pradesh]] 
| start_year = {{start date and age|df=y|2003|4|1}}
| end_year =
| predecessor_line = [[South Eastern Railway Zone]]
| successor_line =
| gauge = {{Track gauge|66in|lk=on}}
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| electrification = {{25 kV 50 Hz}}
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| hq_city = {{rws|Bhubaneswar}}
| website = {{URL|eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/}}
}}

The '''East Coast Railway''' (abbreviated '''ECoR''') is one of the 19 railway zones of [[Indian Railways]]. It came into existence on 1 April 2003. It headquarters are located at {{rws|Bhubaneswar}}.<ref name="zones_and_divisions">{{cite web |title=Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=168812. |website=Press Information Bureau |publisher=Ministry of Railways (Government of India) |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=21 July 2017}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QUOTE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SOUTH COAST RAILWAY _ RAILWAYS CLARIFIES |url=https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=3691&id=0,4,268 |date=28 September 2022 |website=eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in }}</ref>

==Divisions==
The geographical jurisdiction of East Coast Railway zone extends over three states encompassing almost all of [[Odisha]] and [[Bastar district|Bastar]], [[Mahasamund district|Mahasamund]] and [[Dantewada district|Dantewada]] districts of [[Chhattisgarh]] and a minor part [[Palasa railway station|Palasa]], [[Sompeta railway station|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 railway division|Sambalpur]], [[Khurda Road railway division|Khurda]] and [[Rayagada railway division|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.<ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=2021-12-27 |title=Delays dog new railway zone |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/delays-dog-new-railway-zone/article38051643.ece |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Hindu}}</ref> The foundation stone for the zone was laid on 6 January 2025, with the demarcation of the zone finalised on 7 February 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revision of divisional jurisdiction under the South Coast Railway zone at Vishakhapatnam by retention of truncated Waltair division |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2100854 |website=PIB |date=7 February 2025 }}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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==Rail infrastructure==
* Carriage Repair Workshop – [[Mancheswar railway station|Mancheswar]], Bhubaneswar
* MEMU Shed – [[Khurda Road Junction railway station|Khurda Road]]

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

{|class="wikitable sortable"
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! rowspan="2" style="background:#cfcfcf; text-align:center;" | Division !! colspan="2" | Total kilometre !! colspan="2" | Electrified kilometre
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| '''Total'''||'''5,214'''||'''2,677'''||'''3,371'''||'''1,543'''
|}

===Railway lines===
ECoR zone has below tracks. All are {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]. The sections are:-

# [[Bhadrak railway station|Bhadrak]]-[[Bhubaneswar railway station|Bhubaneswar]]-[[Khurda Road Junction railway station|Khurda Road]]- Double Electrified BG line [92 Railway stations]
# [[Talcher]]-[[Cuttack railway station|Cuttack]] Double Electrified BG line [21 Railway stations]

# [[Titlagarh Junction]]-[[Mahasamund]] Double Electrified BG line [15 Railway stations]
# [[Cuttack railway station|Cuttack]]-[[Paradip]] Double Electrified BG line [10 Railway stations]
# [[Khurda Road Junction railway station|Khurda road]]-[[Puri]] Double Electrified BG line [11 Railway stations]
# [[Sambalpur Junction]]-[[Talcher]] Double Electrified BG line [16 Railway stations]
# [[Titlagarh Junction]]-[[Sambalpur Junction]] Double Electrified BG line [16 Railway stations]
# [[Sambalpur Junction]]-[[Jharsuguda Junction]] Double Electrified BG line [10 Railway stations]
# [[Rayagada]]-[[Koraput railway station|Koraput]] Single Electric BG line [15 Railway stations] (Electric doubling of this line is currently underway)
#[[Naupada Junction]]-[[Gunupur]] Single Electrified line [14 Railway stations]
#[[Jakhapura Junction]]-[[Banspani]] Double Electrified BG line [17 Railway stations]

==Loco sheds==
* [[Electric Loco Shed, Angul]]

==External links==
* [http://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in East Coast Railway Official Website]
* [https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,1290,1296 Khurda Road Division]
* [https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,1290,1297 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 zone|South Coast Railway]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian Railways}}
{{Railways in Eastern India}}

[[Category:East Coast Railway zone| ]]
[[Category:Zones of Indian Railways]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Odisha]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:2003 establishments in India]]

East Coast Railway zone - Revision history

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