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Not to be confused with East Coast Railway zone.

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 northern part of the line was merged with Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1902, and the southern part was subsequently merged with Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.[1]

During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) of East Coast State Railway was built and opened to traffic. It included lines up to Cuttack and Puri.[2]

References

  1. ^ "East Coast State Railway". fibis. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  2. ^ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
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