About East Central Railway
Prior to 1996-97, Indian Railway consisted of nine Zones. On 16.06.96, Ministry of Railways decided to setup six new Zones to be carved out of the existing network of Indian Railway by reorganization of the existing zones. East Central Railway with its Headquarters at Hajipur in Bihar is one of these six new zones.
East Central Railway was inaugurated on 8 September 1996 with headquarters at Hajipur, Bihar. It became operational on 1st October 2002 by carving out areas from Eastern and North Eastern Railway Zone currently consists of the divisions viz. Dhanbad, Danapur, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya of Eastern Railway and Sonpur and Samastipur of North Eastern Railway.
The last 23 years of its existence has been full of challenges and every obstacle was dealt in a dedicated manner despite constraints of work force and infrastructure. As on 31st March 2025, ECR has a vast network of 9518.196 Track Kilometres and 4399.897 Route Kilometres encompassing the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh is fully electrified.
Official Address
Contact Information
- +91 6224 271513
- +91 6224 274738
- Visit Official Website
This organization has released 17 recruitment notifications in the last 3 years.
Expired / Closed Notifications
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East Central Railway (ECR) Invites Application for 1149 Apprentice Recruitment 2025Closed: Oct 25, 2025
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East Central Railway (ECR) Invites Application for 56 Sportspersons Recruitment 2025Closed: Oct 21, 2025
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East Central Railway (ECR) Invites Application for 1154 Apprentice Recruitment 2025Closed: Feb 14, 2025
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East Central Railway (ECR) Invites Application for 56 Sportsperson Recruitment 2024Closed: Dec 16, 2024
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East Central Railway (ECR) Invites Application for 1832 Apprentice Recruitment 2023Closed: Dec 09, 2023
East Central Railway (ECR) is the new zone that came into existence from East Railway in 1996. Hajipur (Bihar) is the headquarter East Central Railway. East Central Railway has 5 divisions namely Danapur, Sonpur, Samastipur, Mughalsarai, Dhanbad. Job seekers have to go through Physical Efficiency Test (PET), then Document Verification and after those eligible candidates have to appear for written exam. There is no interview.
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