East Coast State Railway

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.^[1] The northern part of the line was merged with Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1902.^[2]

During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway, from Vijayawada to Cuttack was built and opened to traffic. It included the line to Puri.^[3]^[4]

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^ "IR History: Part III (1900-1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ "East Coast State Railway". fibis. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
^ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
^ "History of Waltair Division". Mannanna.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Mughalsarai section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Mughalsarai Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Railway companies

See also

Railways in Southern India

National network /
trunk lines

Other lines /
sections

Active

Interstate	Chennai Central–Bangalore City line Coimbatore–Shoranur line Pagidipalli–Nallapadu line Jolarpettai–Shoranur line Kanniyakumari District Railway Kazipet–Vijayawada section Kollam–Sengottai branch line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line Nagpur–Secunderabad line Palakkad–Pollachi line Secunderabad–Manmad line Secunderabad–Dhone section Shoranur–Mangalore section Solapur–Guntakal section Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line Pune–Miraj–Londa line Mahabubnagar-Munirabad line
Andhra Pradesh	Bhimavaram–Narasapur branch line Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line Guntur–Tenali section Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line Gudur–Renigunta section Guntakal–Renigunta section Guntakal–Nandyal section Nallapadu–Nandyal section Nandyal–Yerraguntla section Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line Tenali–Repalle branch line Vijayawada–Gudur section Vijayawada–Guntur section Vijayawada–Nidadavolu line Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section
Karnataka	Hassan–Bangalore section Mangalore–Hassan–Mysore line Mysore–Bangalore line Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line Bangalore–Arsikere–Hubli line
Kerala	Ernakulam–Kayamkulam coastal line Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section Nilambur–Shoranur line Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam line
Tamil Nadu	Nagercoil–Tirunelveli line Nilgiri Mountain Railway Viluppuram-Tiruchirappalli Chord line Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line Manamadurai–Virudhunagar line Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur main line Erode–Tiruchirappalli line Madurai–Tirunelveli line
Telangana	Peddapalli–Nizamabad line Motumarri–Vishnupuram section Kothapalli–Manoharabad line

Inactive

Nilambur–Nanjangud line (Cancelled)
Sabarimala Railway (Proposed)

Urban and
suburban
rail transport

Chennai	Chennai Suburban Railway Chennai MRTS Chennai Metro
Hyderabad	Hyderabad MMTS Hyderabad Metro
Bangalore	Bengaluru Commuter Rail (Proposed) Namma Metro
Kochi	Kochi Metro

Monorails /
Light metros

Defunct railways

Railway divisions

Manufacturing units /
workshops / sheds

Railway zones

Railway companies

Agitations
and accidents

Railway Divisions

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