East Central Railway zone

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The East Central Railway zone is one of the 19 railway zones in India, headquartered at Hajipur in Bihar, responsible for operating and managing rail transport across parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh.

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East Central Railway zone canonical 13
East Central Railway 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative railway division
railway zone
abbreviation ECR
country India
dateOfFormation 1996-09-08
dateOfOperationalization 2002-10-01
governmentType Government-owned
hasDivision Danapur railway division
Dhanbad railway division
Mughalsarai railway division
Samastipur railway division
Sonpur railway division
hasImportantFreightCorridor Grand Chord section
hasImportantPassengerCorridor Howrah–Delhi main line
surface form: Howrah–Delhi main line sections
hasMajorCoalRoute Dhanbad division routes
hasOfficialLanguage English
Hindi
headquartersLocation Hajipur
headquartersState Bihar
locatedInTimeZone IST
majorJunctionStation Dhanbad Junction
Hajipur Junction
Mughalsarai Junction
Patna Junction
numberOfRailwayZonesInCountryAtFormation 16
oneOfCurrentRailwayZonesInIndia true
operatesInState Bihar
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
parentOrganization Ministry of Railways (India)
surface form: Ministry of Railways
partOf Indian Railways
playsRoleIn coal transportation from Jharkhand coalfields
long-distance passenger connectivity in eastern India
railGauge broad gauge
railwayBoardJurisdiction Ministry of Railways (India)
surface form: Indian Railway Board
regionServed eastern India
north-central India
responsibleFor freight train services
passenger train services
rail transport operations
railway infrastructure maintenance
standardGaugeWidth 1676 mm
supervisingAuthority General Manager, East Central Railway
utcOffset +05:30
website https://ecr.indianrailways.gov.in
zoneCode ECR
zoneNumberInIndianRailways 5

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saharsa district hasRailwayLine East Central Railway zone
Samastipur district railwayZone East Central Railway zone
this entity surface form: East Central Railway
Ara Junction railway station railwayZone East Central Railway zone
Jainagar railwayZone East Central Railway zone
Darbhanga Junction operator East Central Railway zone
Kosi division hasTransportLink East Central Railway zone
Saharsa Junction railway station railwayZone East Central Railway zone
Riga railwayZone East Central Railway zone
Hajipur railwayZoneHeadquarters East Central Railway zone
Madhepura railwayDivision East Central Railway zone
Samastipur railwayZone East Central Railway zone
Rajendra Nagar Terminal operator East Central Railway zone
Patliputra Junction operatedBy East Central Railway zone
Patliputra Junction railwayZone East Central Railway zone