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Gazette notification for South Coast Railway soon: How the newest rail zone came into being

The Indian Express·Dheeraj Mishra·about 1 month ago
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SCoR is the newest and 18th zone of Indian Railways, headquartered at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. (Express) Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday (April 28) announced in Visakhapatnam that the gazette notification for the creation of South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR) will be issued soon, with operations expected to commence from June 1, 2026. He was addressing the gathering after the ground-breaking ceremony of Google Cloud India AI Hub in the coastal city, saying that the new zone will mark a significant step toward strengthening the Railway Administration in Andhra Pradesh. SCoR is the newest and 18th zone of Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The foundation of the zone lies in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014, which led to the formation of Telangana. Since then, there has been a continuous demand for a separate railway zone in the state.…

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