East Central Railway
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East Central Railway is one of the zones of Indian Railways, responsible for operating and managing rail services across parts of eastern and central India.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Central Railway network | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative unit of Indian Railways
ⓘ
railway zone ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ECR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToRailwayZoneGroup | Indian Railways zonal system ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dateOfEstablishment | 1996-09-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfOperationalization | 2002-10-01 ⓘ |
| electrificationStatus | largely electrified ⓘ |
| freightCorridorRole | important coal and mineral freight movement ⓘ |
| gaugeType | broad gauge ⓘ |
| governingBody | Ministry of Railways, Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Danapur railway division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dhanbad railway division NERFINISHED ⓘ Mughalsarai railway division NERFINISHED ⓘ Samastipur railway division NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonpur railway division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquarters | Hajipur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersState | Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration |
English
ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorStation |
Dhanbad Junction
NERFINISHED
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Hajipur Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ Patna Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ Samastipur Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonpur Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkType | long-distance rail ⓘ |
| notableRoute |
Delhi–Kolkata route via Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction
NERFINISHED
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Grand Chord (partly) ⓘ Howrah–Delhi main line (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Indian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
freight rail transport
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passenger rail transport ⓘ |
| railwayBoardJurisdiction | Railway Board of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetyDepartment | Railway Protection Force units under ECR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
central India
ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ |
| servesState |
Bihar
NERFINISHED
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Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardTimeOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| website | https://ecr.indianrailways.gov.in ⓘ |
| zonalRailwayCode | 05 ⓘ |
| zoneCode | ECR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| zoneNumber | 5 ⓘ |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
East Central Railway network
subject surface form:
Bihar Sharif
subject surface form:
Mughalsarai Junction railway station
this entity surface form:
East Central Railway network