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Indian Railway Zones: Comprises of Total 18 Zones
Indian Railway Zones And Headquarters: The Indian Railways organizes its operations into zones, further divided into divisions, each with its own divisional headquarters. The Indian Railway System comprises a total of 18 zones, including the Metro Railway in Kolkata, and 70 Divisions. At the helm of each division is a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) who reports to the General Manager (GM) of the respective zone.
Indian Railway Services: Total 8 Services
A DRM can be selected from any of the eight organized services within Indian Railways, namely the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE), Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS), Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), and Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS) for a tenure of three years, extendable based on the recommendation of the Railway Board.
The DRM is supported by one or two Additional Divisional Railway Managers (ADRM) in the division’s operations. Divisional officers, overseeing various departments including Stores, Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Signal and Telecommunication, Accounts, Personnel, Operating, Commercial, Safety, Medical, and Security branches, report directly to the Divisional Railway Manager.
Indian Railway Zones And Headquarters
Indian Railway Zones And Headquarters: The Indian Railway System comprises a total of 18 zones, including the Metro Railway in Kolkata, and these zones further divided into 70 Divisions with each having divisional HQ. Lets look into Indian Railway Zones and Headquarters one by one in details;
Indian Railway Zone List
Indian Railway Zone 1: Northern Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: New Delhi
Route Length: 6968 KM
Number of Stations: 1142
Divisions under Northern Railway Zone (Total 5) : Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow NR, Moradabad
Indian Railway Zone 2: Northern Eastern Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Gorakhpur
Route Length: 3667 KM
Number of Stations: 537
Divisions under Northern Eastern Railway Zone (Total 3) : Izzatnagar, Lucknow NER, Varanasi
Indian Railway Zone 3: Northeast Frontier Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Maligaon, Guwahati
Route Length: 3948 KM
Number of Stations: 753
Divisions under Northeast Frontier Railway Zone (Total 5) : Alipurduar, Katihar, Rangiya, Lumding, Tinsukia
Indian Railway Zone 4: Eastern Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Fairlie Place, Kolkata
Route Length: 2414 KM
Number of Stations: 576
Divisions under Eastern Railway Zone (Total 4) : Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda
Indian Railway Zone 5: South Eastern Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Garden Reach, Kolkata
Route Length: 2631 KM
Number of Stations: 353
Divisions under South Eastern Railway Zone (Total 4) : Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi
Indian Railway Zone 6: South Central Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Secunderabad Junction
Route Length: 3127 KM
Number of Stations: 883
Divisions under South Central Railway Zone (Total 3) : Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Nanded
Indian Railway Zone 7: Southern Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Chennai Central
Route Length: 5079 KM
Number of Stations: 890
Divisions under Southern Railway Zone (Total 6) : Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Thiruvananthapuram
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Indian Railway Zone 8: Central Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Mumbai CSMT
Route Length: 4102 KM
Number of Stations: 612
Divisions under Central Railway Zone (Total 5) : Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur, Nagpur CR
Indian Railway Zone 9: Western Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Mumbai (Churchgate)
Route Length: 6182 KM
Number of Stations: 1046
Divisions under Western Railway Zone (Total 6) : Mumbai WR, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Vadodara
Indian Railway Zone 10: South Western Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Hubballi
Route Length: 3566 KM
Number of Stations: 456
Divisions under South Western Railway Zone (Total 3) : Hubballi, Bengaluru, Mysuru
Indian Railway Zone 11: North Western Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Jaipur
Route Length: 5459 KM
Number of Stations: 663
Divisions under North Western Railway Zone (Total 4) : Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur
Indian Railway Zone 12: West Central Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Jabalpur
Route Length: 2965 KM
Number of Stations: 372
Divisions under West Central Railway Zone (Total 3) : Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota
Indian Railway Zone 13: North Central Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Prayagraj
Route Length: 3151 KM
Number of Stations: 435
Divisions under North Central Railway Zone (Total 3) : rayagraj, Agra, Jhansi
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Indian Railway Zone 14: South East Central Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Bilaspur
Route Length: 2447 KM
Number of Stations: 358
Divisions under South East Central Railway Zone (Total 3) : Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur SEC
Indian Railway Zone 15: East Coast Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Bhubaneswar
Route Length: 2204 KM
Number of Stations: 342
Divisions under East Coast Railway Zone (Total 3) : Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Rayagada
Indian Railway Zone 16: East Central Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Hajipur
Route Length: 3628 KM
Number of Stations: 800
Divisions under East Central Railway Zone (Total 5) : Danapur, Dhanbad, Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Samastipur, Sonpur
Indian Railway Zone 17: Kolkata Metro Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Kolkata
Route Length: 47 KM
Number of Stations: 40
Divisions under Kolkata Metro Zone (Total 0) : No Divisions
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Indian Railway Zone 18: South Coast Railway Zone HQ and Divisions
Headquarter: Visakhapatnam
Route Length: 3496 KM
Number of Stations: —
Divisions under South Coast Railway Zone (Total 4) : Waltair, Vijayawada, Guntur, Guntakal
Indian Railway Zones Map
Indian Railway Zones And Headquarters: The map showing different zones of Indian Railway is shown below;
