The correct answer is: A. Visakhapatnam
The East Coast Railway (ECR) is one of the 17 railway zones of Indian Railways. It was formed on 1 April 2019 by bifurcating the South Eastern Railway. The headquarters of the ECR is located at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
The ECR covers an area of 1,23,000 sq km and has a route length of 3,934 km. It has 10 divisions, namely:
- Waltair Division
- Visakhapatnam Division
- Guntur Division
- Vijayawada Division
- Bhubaneswar Division
- Sambalpur Division
*Rourkela Division - Kharagpur Division
- Howrah Division
- Sealdah Division
The ECR has a total of 1,321 stations, of which 1,178 are operational. It has a fleet of 2,875 locomotives and 12,000 coaches. The ECR carries about 1,000 million passengers and 100 million tonnes of freight annually.
The ECR is a major economic engine for the eastern region of India. It provides employment to over 1.5 lakh people and contributes significantly to the GDP of the region. The
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