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.
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 | - |
Sir join list konsi webside pr h
ReplyDelete