About Railway Zones in India
The Indian Railways is one of the largest railway networks in the world. Because of its huge operations, it is divided into zones and these Indian Railway Zones are subdivided into divisions. These each division having a railway headquarters for Railway Zones in India.
Indian Railway Divisions
There are 16 railway zone in India (भारत में रेलवे जोन ) as well as 73 Indian railway divisions. Each division is managed by DRM (Divisional Railway Manager) and also reports to the GM (General Manager) of the railway Zone.
Services of Railway Zone in India
The Divisional Railway Manager is appointed by any of the Indian Railways 08 organized services for the tenure of 03 years. But by the IR Board recommendation, it can exceed. The 01 or 02 ADRM (Additional Divisional Railway Managers) who are already working in the field will train the fresher’s DRM
The following are the Services of Railway Zone in India:
- Firstly, IRTS (Indian Railway Traffic Service)
- Secondly, IRAS (Indian Railway Accounts Service)
- Thirdly, IRPS (Indian Railway Personnel Service)
- IRSE (Indian Railway Service of Engineers)
- IRSME (Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers)
- IRSEE (Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers)
- IRSSE (Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers)
- Lastly, IRSS (Indian Railway Stores Service)
Indian Railway Zones
The following are the Indian Railway Zones – Headquarters and Divisions:
Indian Railway Zone |
Code |
IR Head Quarters |
Length of the Route in KM |
No. of Train Stations |
Revenue |
Passengers carried in Million |
Indian Railway Divisions |
| Northern Railway | NR | Delhi | 6,968 | 1142 | 89,246 million
(US$1.3 billion) |
685 | Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow NR and also Moradabad |
| North Eastern Railway | NER | Gorakhpur | 3,667 | 537 | 17,667 million
(US$260 million) |
250 | Izzatnagar, Lucknow NER and also Varanasi |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | NFR | Guwahati | 3,907 | 690 | 21,079 million
(US$310 million) |
88 | Alipurduar, Katihar, Rangiya, Lumding and also Tinsukia |
| Eastern Railway | ER | Kolkata | 2,414 | 576 | 37,254 million
(US$540 million) |
1,173 | Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol and also Malda |
| South Eastern Railway | SER | Kolkata | 2,631 | 353 | 73,721 million
(US$1.1 billion) |
263 | Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur and also Ranchi |
| South Central Railway | SCR | Secunderabad | 6,137 | 883 | 89,114 million
(US$1.3 billion) |
378 | Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur and also Nanded |
| Southern Railway | SR | Chennai | 6,844 | 890 | 81,820 million
(US$1.2 billion) |
406 | Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem and also Thiruvananthapuram |
| Central Railway | CR | Mumbai | 3,905 | 612 | 75,447 million
(US$1.1 billion) |
1,675 | Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur and also Nagpur |
| Western Railway | WR | Mumbai | 6,182 | 1046 | 82,167 million
(US$1.2 billion) |
1,654 | Mumbai WR, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and also Vadodara |
| South Western Railway | SWR | Hubballi | 3,177 | 456 | 26,384 million
(US$380 million) |
181 | Hubballi, Bengaluru and also Mysuru |
| North Western Railway | NWR | Jaipur | 5,459 | 663 | 36,240 million
(US$530 million) |
157 | Jabalpur, Bhopal and also Kota |
| West Central Railway | WCR | Jabalpur | 2,965 | 372 | 65,135 million
(US$950 million) |
138 | Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner and also Jodhpur |
| North Central Railway | NCR | Allahabad | 3,151 | 435 | 87,796 million
(US$1.3 billion) |
182 | Allahabad, Agra and also Jhansi |
| South East Central Railway | SECR | Bilaspur | 2,447 | 358 | 63,402 million
(US$920 million) |
126 | Bilaspur, Raipur and also Nagpur SEC |
| East Coast Railway | ECoR | Bhubaneswar | 2,572 | 342 | 87,884 million
(US$1.3 billion) |
86 | Khurda Road, Sambalpur and also Waltair |
| East Central Railway | ECR | Hajipur | 3,628 | 800 | 59,386 million
(US$860 million) |
222 | Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur and also Sonpur |
Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,7,276
Important Details of Railway Zones in India
- Firstly, Indian Railways Official Website: http://indianrailways.gov.in
- Secondly, Indian Railway Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RailMinIndia
- Thirdly, IR Twitter: https://twitter.com/RailMinIndia
- Indian Railways YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RailMinIndia
- Honorable Indian Railways Minister: Sri Piyush Goyal
- IR Feedback and Suggestion SMS Number: +91 97 1763 0982
- Lastly, Indian Railway Enquiry Helpline Number: 139
