Railway came to existence in Odisha on 1893, with construction of Kharagpur-Cuttack- Khurda Road-Puri Line( controlled by Bengal Nagpur Railway).Subsequent link up along the east coast up to Vijayawada (Junction of Southern Maratha Railway and Nizam’s state Railway), happened…
Following the steps of Rajasthan, Maharashtraand Karnataka, now Odisha is keen to have its own Super Luxurious Tourist trains styled in old Maharaja legacy. The development came after the Indian Railways in an effort to boost tourism, proposed to states…
A new railway station in Bhubaneswar and a host of other infrastructure projects were inaugurated today ahead of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra festival beginning July 14. The Bhubaneswar New station, constructed at a cost of Rs 30 crore, was dedicated…
Indian Railways and the Odisha government are planning to jointly introduce a luxury train like ‘Palace on Wheels’ in the state to attract high-end and foreign tourists. A discussion regarding the issue was conducted between Sanjiv Garg, additional member (tourism…
6 Students from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Sambalpur (Odisha) have developed an Artificial Intelligence system to detect faults in railway tracks in real time and prevent accidents before 1 km of the fault. Reports suggest that the accidents and deaths…
Extension of Rourkela Jammu Tawi Rourkela Express up to Sambalpur would be flagged off and free Wi-Fi Services introduced at Palasa Station on Saturday. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu will flag off the extension of the express train and inaugurate…
Drivers of online taxi aggregators most of the time complain that they don’t get parking facility near the station. The local cab and auto rickshaw drivers quarrel with them while picking up a passenger. But now the East Coast Railway…
The East Coast Railway has nominated Puri-Howrah-Puri Duronto Express and Bhubaneswar-New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Duronto Express trains for making catering service optional from today. The ECoR’s nomination of two trains under its jurisdiction was made in view of the Indian Railways making catering service…
The Railways has decided to make all ‘A’ category stations of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) Wi-Fi enabled by end of this October. After inauguration of the service, the passengers in these stations can get free high speed Wi-Fi facility.…
The weekly ‘Humsafar Express’ was pressed into service from Bhubaneswar for Krishnarajapuram and daily ‘Intercity Express’ was launched between Bhopal and Khajuraho by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu through videoconferencing in Delhi. A foundation stone of mechanised laundry was also laid…