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Indian Railways is divided into several zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions. The number of zones in Indian Railways increased from six to eight in 1951, nine in 1952 and sixteen in 2003 . Each zonal railway is made up of a certain number of divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. There are a total of sixty-eight divisions.
Indian Railways, functioning as Ministry of Railways, isheaded by the Minister for Railways. The apex body entrusted with the management of this mega enterprise is led by the Chairman Railway Board (CRB). Members of the Railway Board include Financial Commissioner, Member Traffic, Member Engineering,
Member Mechanical, Member Electrical and Member Staff who represent their respective functional domains. For administrative purposes, Indian Railways is divided into 17* Zones, each headed by a General Manager. Zonal Railways are further divided into smaller operating units called Divisions. There are 68 Operating Divisions in Indian Railways at present, each under a Divisional Railway Manager. In addition, there are a number of Production Units, Training Establishments, Public Sector Enterprises and other Offices working under the control of Railway Board.
Metro Railway, Kolkata has been declared as New Zonal Railway w.e.f. 29.12.2010

Railway Zone Short 
Name
Date of Establishment Route KMs Office Divisions
Central Railway  CR November 05, 1951 3905 Mumbai Mumbai
Bhusawal
Pune
Solapur
Nagpur  
East Central Railway ECR October 01, 2002 3656 Hajipur Danapur
Dhanbad
Mughalsarai
Samastipur
Sonpur
East Coast Railway ECoR April 01, 2003 2646 Bhubaneswar Khurda Road
Sambalpur
Visakhapatnam
Eastern Railway ER April, 1952 2435 Kolkata Howrah
Sealdah
Asansol
Malda
North Central Railway NCR April 01, 2003 3151 Allahabad Allahabad
Agra
Jhansi
North Eastern Railway  NER 1952 3721 Gorakhpur Izzatnagar
Lucknow
Varanasi
North Western Railway NWR October 01, 2002 5464 Jaipur Jaipur
Ajmer
Bikaner
Jodhpur
Northeast Frontier Railway NFR January 15, 1958 3908 Guwahati Alipurduar
Katihar
Rangia
Lumding
Tinsukia
Northern Railway    NR April 14, 1952 6968 Delhi Delhi
Ambala
Firozpur
Lucknow
Moradabad
South Central   Railway      SCR  October 02, 1966 5810 Secunderabad Secunderabad
Hyderabad
Guntakal
Guntur,Nanded
Vijayawada
South East Central Railway    SECR April 01, 2003 2455 Bilaspur Bilaspur
Raipur
Nagpur
South Eastern Railway  SER 1955 2632 Kolkata Adra
Chakradharpur
Kharagpur
Ranchi
South Western Railway   SWR April 01, 2003 3177 Hubli Hubli,
Bangalore
Mysore
 Southern Railway    SR April 14, 1951 5102 Chennai Chennai
Trichy
Madurai
Palakkad
Salem
Thiruvan
West Central Railway WCR April 01, 2003 2965 Jabalpur Jabalpur
Bhopal
Kota
Western Railway  WR  November 05, 1951 6440 Mumbai Mumbai
Ratlam
Ahmedabad
Rajkot
Bhavnagar
Vadodara
Metro Railway, Kolkata MR 30-12-2010 25.55 Kolkata -

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