Indian Railway zones with Headquarters & Divisions

ByKarthik M


✸ Railways are first introduced to india in the year 1853 from Mumbai to Thane over a distance of 34km.

✸ Indian Railways is the 4th Largest Railway Network in the World and Largest in Asian Continent

✸ The longest Railway Station in India is Gorakhpur Railway Station, Uttar Pradesh (1.366.33m)

✸ Vivek Express is the Longest Train in India connecting Dibrugarh & Kanyakumari named 15905/15906

✸ Indian Railways is the Multi Gauge, multi-traction system covering Broad Gauge(1676 mm), Meter Gauge(1000mm), Narrow Gauge(762/610mm) with around 64600km route.

✸ Railways regonised by UNESCO are Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus, Kalka-Shimla Railways.

Important Production Units of Indian Railways:-

✦ Chittaranjan Locomotive Works – Chittaranjan, West Bengal
✦ Diesel Locomotive Works – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
✦ Diesel Loco modernisation works – Patiala, Punjab
✦ Integral Coach Factory – Chennai, Tamilnadu
✦ Rail Coach Factory – Kapurthala, Punjab
✦ Rail Wheel Factory – Bangalore, Karnataka

Railway Zones along with Headquarter & their Divisions

✸  Indian Railways has 18 Railway Zones including newly formed South Coast Railway.

Railway zoneHeadquarterDivisions
Central RailwayMumbaiMumbai, Nagpur, Bhusawal, Pune, Sholapur
Eastern RailwayKolkattaHowrah-1, Howrah-2, Sealdah, Malda, Asansol, Chitranjan
East Central RailwayHajipurDanapur, Mugalsarai, Dhanbad, Sonpur, Samastipur
East Coast RailwayBhubaneshwarKhudra Road, Waltair, Sambhalpur
Northern RailwayBaroda House, New DelhiDelhi-1, Delhi-2, Ambala, Moradabad, Lucknow, Firozpur
North Central RailwayAllahabadAllahabad, Jhansi, Agra
North Eastern RailwayGorakhpurIzzatnagar, Lucknow, Varanasi, DLW
North Frontier RailwayMaligaon, GuwahatiKatihar, Alipurduar, Rangjiya, Lumding, Tinsukhia
North Western RailwayJaipurJaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ajmer
Southern RailwayChennaiChennai, Madurai, Palghat, Trichy, Trivendrum
South Central RailwaySecunderabadSrcunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Vijaywada, Nanded
South Eastern RailwayGarden Reach, KolkattaKharagpur, Adra, Chakradhapur, Ranchi, Shalimar
South East Central RailwayBilaspurBilaspur, Nagpur, Raipur
South Western RailwayHubliBangalore, Mysore, Hubli, RWF/YNK
Western RailwayMumbai CSTBCT, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Ratlam, Rajkot, Bhavnagar
West Central RailwayJabalpurJabalpur, Bhopal, Kota
Kolkata MetroKolkataKolkata Metro
South Coast RailwayVishakapatnamWaltair (Vishakapatnam), Vijayawada, Guntur, Guntakal

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