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The '''East Coast State Railway''' (ECSR) was a guaranteed company formed in 1890 to undertake the construction and working of a railway line on the from [[Bezwada]](Vijaywada) junction point of [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] and to join the [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]] at [[Cuttack]]. It also provided an interchange with the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) [[Bellary-Kistna State Railway]] at Kistna south of the river Kistna.
==History==
In 1899 the Survey of Rail line was ordered by the Government of [[Madras]]and undertaken by the the [[Public Works Department]] (PWD) . The construction of this broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line in , and named the title of East Coast Railway , was sanctioned in 18901889-90 - see 'Personnel'.
The route included the construction of the [[Kistna Bridge, Bezwada(ECR)| Kistna Bridge at Bezwada]] to cross the River Kistna. This bridge was designed by Sir [[Alexander Meadows Rendel|Alexander Rende]]l with [[Francis Joseph Edward Spring|F J E Spring]] as Engineer-in-Chief and [[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]] as Executive Engineer on construction.
The ECSR opened the line from [[Cuttack]] via Khurda Road to [[Puri]] in 1893, having a comparatively brief existence before being divided. ==Personnel==The "1905 India List" records the following staff from the [[Public Works Department]] posted to the East Coast State Railway (ECSR) *Survey and Construction **[[Henry Wilkins Clift]], 1889, ECSR Survey, Executive Enginner <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA456 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 456 (pdf page 419)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.**[[Bernard Baxter]], 1889, ECSR Executive Engineer in Madras <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA435 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 435 (pdf page 398)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.** [[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]] was , 1890, ECSR Engineer-in-Chief <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA618 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" pages 618 (pdf page 581)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref> **[[Frank Haman Walford Morse]], 1890, ECSR Survey, Executive Engineer and in 1894, Executive Engineer on open sections of line <ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA569 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 571 (pdf page 534)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.**[[Abel John Oldham]], 1890, ECSR Executive Engineer <ref > India Civil List 1890, page 41</ref>. *Management**[[Alfred Brereton]], 1893, ECSR Manager of the and Engineer-in-Chief <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA448 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 448 (pdf page 411)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.**[[Willoughby Verner Constable]], 1898, ECSR at this timeManager <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
The Southern part of ECSR was transferred to the [[Madras Railway]](MR) in 1901; subsequently renamed [[Madras (North-East) Railway]], becoming part of [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) in 1908.
