RUPRA ROAD

❶ Aims to surpass the last year loading 232.13 Million Tonne with a better margin.

❷ Loaded 175.32MT of freight up to December 2022 of current fiscal as against 169.39MT loaded in the corresponding period of last fiscal by registering a growth of 3.5%, i.e., 5.93 MT more.

❸ Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw is monitoring the works of the zone o­n a regular basis. New Infrastructure in form of New Lines, Doubling & 3^rd Lines are coming up at full pace.

❹ Tender awarded and work started for three World Class Stations along with upgradation of 36 Stations.

Despite many odds and different challenges, East Coast Railway (ECoR) is going to set new heights in the field of revenue loading and constructing new lines, doubling projects & traffic facility works along with Safety related works and other infrastructural works. This would be possible due to consistent monitoring by Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Ji and guidance by General Manager Shri Roop Narayan Sunkar Ji.

          ECoR has loaded 175.32MT of freight up to December’2022 of the current financial year as against 169.39MT during the corresponding period of last fiscal which is 5.93 MT more and a growth of about 3.5%. In terms of Earnings from freight, ECoR has earned 14247.88 Crores during the period as against 13134.98 Crores by registering a growth of Rupees 1112.9 Crores than the last fiscal by registering an increase of 8.47%.

On the Passenger front, ECoR has carried 53.11 million passengers up to December’2022 as against 21.37 millions carried in the corresponding period of last fiscal by registering a growth of 148.5%. o­n earning from Passengers, ECoR has earned 1403.58 Crores as against 770.45 Crores by registering an increase of 82.17%.

This could be possible due to outstanding performance of all the three Divisions of East Coast Railway, i.e. Khurda Road, Waltair and Sambalpur. Relentless Round the Clock Close Monitoring & Outstanding supervision, dedicated and sincere work force brought this performance, to make this achievement a reality.

Apart from the above, East Coast Railway aims to complete remarkable infrastructural works. Vital traffic related works like, Doubling of entire Sambalpur-Titilagarh Railway Section, Angul-Talcher Road section (12 Kms.), Angul-Balram (14KMs) Link Inner Coal Corridor Connectivity Project,  3^rd & 4^th line between Salagaon-Rajathgarh, Doubling between Salagaon-Kapilas Road,  doubling of Jakhapura-Nayagarh except 3 block section, Third Lin between Kapilas Road & Nergundi, 3^rd line between Budhapank-NTPC block cabin & 4^th line between Budhapank-Talcher Road, 3^rd line between Titilagarh-Kesinga and doubling between Sikir-Titilagarh along with yard remodelling, double line of 21 KMs  between Kaklur-Kawargaon-Dabpal, 3^rd line between Rupra Road-Norla Road-Lanjigarh Road along with electrification, Doubling between Dummuriput-Damanjodi Section in Koraput-Rayagada branch line have been completed and commissioned during this year.

Giving priority to the much awaited Khurda Road-Balangir Railway Line project, construction works are being done from both sides to complete this at the earliest. 10.65Kms Bichupali-Jharatarbha of Khurda Road-Balangir project has been completed, recently. 11.40Kms between Khambeswarpalli-Jharatarbha is targeted to be completed by March’2023. Apart from this, 15.445 KMs between Nuagaon-Daspalla has been scheduled to be completed by February’2023 from Khurda Road side. Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw is giving priority for the Development of Railway Infrastructure of the region and also monitoring the developmental works regularly.

●        For Commissioning of 3^rd Line Work between Rupra Road-Norla Road-Lanjigarh Road Stations of Titilagarh-Singapur Road Section under Sambalpur Division.

●        For Commissioning of 3^rd Line Work Between Kapilas Road & Nergundi Stations of Cuttack-Jakhapura Road Section under Khurda Road Division.

Train Services will be affected as per the following in view of commissioning of 3^rd Line projects.   

CANCELLATION OF TRAINS:

•08317/08318 Sambalpur-Junagarh Road-Sambalpur Passenger from Sambalpur from 14^th to 20^th October, 2022 and from Junagarh Road from 15^th to 21^st October, 2022.

•08527/08528 Raipur-Visakhapatnam-Raipur Passenger from Raipur from 15^th to 21^st October and from Visakhapatnam from 14^th to 20^th October, 2022.

•08275/08276 Raipur-Junagarh Road-Raipur Passenger from Raipur from 15^th to 20^th October, 2022 and from Junagarh Road from 16^th to 21^st October, 2022.

•08438/08437 Cuttack-Bhadrak-Cuttack Passenger from both the directions from 14^th to 17^th October, 2022.

PARTIAL CANCELLATION OF TRAINS:

•18005/18006 Howrah-Jagadalpur-Howrah Samaleswari Express from Howrah o­n 16^th October 2022 and from Jagadalpur o­n 17^th October 2022 will run between Howrah & Titilagarh and will remain cancelled between Titilagarh & Jagadalpur from both the directions.

•18001/18002 Sambalpur-Rayagada-Sambalpur Express from both the directions from 16^th to 20^th October 2022 will run between Sambalpur & Titilagarh and will remain cancelled between Titilagarh and Rayagada from both the directions.

•20837/20838 Bhubaneswar-Junagarh Road-Bhubaneswar Express from Bhubaneswar from 16^th to 19^th October and from Junagarh Road from 17^th to 20^th October 2022 will run between Bhubaneswar and Rayagada and will remain cancelled between Rayagada and Junagarh Road from both the directions.    

Diversion of Trains:

12867 Howrah-Puducherry Super fast from Howrah, 12246 Bengaluru-Howrah Duronto Express from Bengaluru and 12245 Howrah-Bengaluru Duronto Express from Howrah o­n 16^th October 2022 will run via Kapilas Road-Naraj Marthapur-Bhubaneswar bypassing Cuttack Railway Station.

Temporary Withdrawal of Stoppages at Nergundi Station from 14 to 17.10.2022:

08411/08412 Balasore-Bhubaneswar-Balasore Passenger, 08453/08454 Bhadrak-Cuttack-Bhadrak Passenger, 08413/08414 Talcher-Puri-Talcher Passenger and 18125/18126 Rourkela-Puri-Rourkela Express from both the directions.