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Indian Railway zones Number Railway zone Code Headquarters [16] Established [17] Route length [a] [18] Stations Divisions [19] km miles 7 Southern Railway: SR Chennai: 1951 5,093 3,164.6 727 [20] Chennai, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli: 8 Central Railway: CR Mumbai CSMT: 1951 4,203.3 2,611.8 486 [21]
The Western Railway (abbreviated WR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Mumbai Central – Ratlam , Mumbai Central– Ahmedabad and Palanpur –Ahmedabad.
Central Railway (abbreviated CR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. [1] Its headquarters are located at Mumbai . [ 2 ] It has the distinction of operating the first passenger railway line in India , which opened from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853 (171 years ago) ( 1853-04-16 ) .
The Eastern Railway (abbreviated ER) is among the 19 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place and comprises four divisions: Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol. [1] Each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM).
The North Central Railway (abbreviated NCR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India.The largest railway station in NCR is Kanpur Central.It is headquartered at Prayagraj and comprises three divisions: Prayagraj, Jhansi, and Agra of the erstwhile Northern Railway, Jhansi division of the erstwhile Central Railway, and new Agra division.
Southern Railway headquarters in Chennai. Southern Railway zone covers the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and a small portion of Andhra Pradesh. [9] Andaman and Nicobar will form part of the zone once the proposed new railway line between Port Blair and Diglipur becomes operational. [10] The Southern Railway is headed by the General ...
The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways, headquartered at Hubballi in the Indian state of Karnataka. [1] SWR was created from carving out the routes from Southern Railways , South Central Railways and Central Railways in 2003.
The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Garden Reach , Kolkata , West Bengal , India . [ 1 ] It comprises Adra railway division , Chakradharpur railway division , Kharagpur railway division and Ranchi railway division .