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The Commission of Railway Safety is a government commission of India. Subordinate to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by The Railways Act, 1989. The agency investigates serious rail accidents. Its head office was in the North-East Railway Compound in Lucknow.
In 1944, all the railway companies in existence at the time were taken over by the Government. [12] In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organizing Indian Railways into six regional zones which were divided subsequently to create newer zones.
South Central Railway topped among all railway zones of India in terms of train punctuality and passenger earnings in 2016–17. [19] The zone has become the first in the country to complete 100% LED lighting at all 733 stations under its jurisdiction. In 2018, for the cleanliness category it was ranked second among all railway zones in India. [20]
Bangalore railway division is one of the three railway divisions under the jurisdiction of South Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [1] This railway division was formed in 1971 and its headquarter is located at Bangalore in the state of Karnataka of India. Mysuru railway division, and Hubballi railway division are the other railway ...
Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) functions as a Ministry of Government of India as well as Technical Headquarter of a vast network of Indian Railways. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The organisational hierarchy of the above Secretariat Services normally comprises the following levels / grades.
Nanded railway division is one of the three railway divisions the jurisdiction of South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This railway division was formed on 1 April 2002 and its headquarter is located at Nanded in the state of Maharashtra in India.
Salem Railway Division is the newest division of the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It was carved out of the Palakkad railway division and Tiruchirappalli railway division . It was inaugurated on 14 November 2006 in the presence of Arjun Singh and the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu , M. Karunanidhi .
Firozpur railway division is one of the six railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [1] It was formed on 14 April 1852 and its headquarters are located at Firozpur in the state of Punjab, India .