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Indian Railway Zones and their Headquarters and Divisions

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Indian Railway Zones

17 Indian Railway Zones and 69 divisions.

 Here list of 17 Indian Railway Zones and their  Headquarters and  Divisions

S.N. Name of the Railway Zone Zone Code Year of Establishmented Headquarters Railway Divisions
1 Central Railway CR 05-11-1951 Mumbai 1. Mumbai
2. Nagpur
3. Bhusawal
4. Pune
5. Sholapur
2 East Central Railway ECR 01-10-2002 Hajipur 1. Danapur
2. Mugalsarai
3. Dhanbad
4. Sonpur
5. Samastipur
3 East Coast Railway ECoR 01-04-2003 Bhubaneswar 1. Khurda Road
2. Waltair
3. Sambhalpur
4 Eastern Railway ER 04-1952 Kolkata 1. Howrah-I
2. Howrah-II
3. Sealdah
4. Malda
5.  Asansol
6. Chitaranjan
7.  Kolkata Metro
5 North Central Railway NCR 01-04-2003 Allahabad 1.  Allahabad
2. Jhansi
3. Agra
6 North Eastern Railway NER 1952 Gorakhpur 1. Izzatnagar
2.  Lucknow
3. Varanasi
4. DLW
7 North Western Railway NWR 01-10-2002 Jaipur 1. Jaipur
2. Jodhpur
3.  Bikaner
4. Ajmer
8 Northeast Frontier Railway NFR 15-01-1958 Guwahati 1.  Katihar
2. Alipurduar
3. Rangiya
4. Lumding
5. Tinsukhia
9 Northern Railway NR 14-04-1952 Baroda House, New Delhi 1.  Delhi-I
2.  Delhi-II
3.  Ambala
4. Moradabad
5.  Lucknow
6.  Firozpur
10 South Central Railway SCR 02-10-1966 Secunderabad 1.  Secunderabad
2. Hyderabad
3. Guntakal
4. Guntur
5. Vijaywada
6. Nanded
11 South East Central Railway SECR 01-04-2003 Bilaspur 1. Bilaspur
2. Nagpur
3.  Raipur
12 South Eastern Railway SER 1955 Kolkata 1. Kharagpur
2. Adra
3.  Chakradharpur
4. Ranchi
5. Shalimar
13 South Western Railway SWR 01-04-2003 Hubli 1. Bangalore
2.  Mysore
3.  Hubli
4.  RWF/YNK
14 Southern Railway SR 14-04-1951 Chennai 1.  Chennai
2.  Madurai
3.  Palghat
4.  Trichy
5. Thiruvananthapuram
15 West Central Railway WCR 01-04-2003 Jabalpur 1.  Jabalpur
2. Bhopal
3. Kota
16 Western Railway WR 05-11-1951 Mumbai 1.  Mumbai Central
2.  Vadodara
3.  Ahemdabad
4.  Ratlam
5.  Rajkot
6.  Bhavnagar
17 Kolkata Metro Railway KNR 30-12-2010 Kolkata Kolkata
Some Important Indian Railway Facts
1 First Passenger Train Ran On 16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)
2 Indian Railway’s Fastest Train Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to 140 Km/ph)
3 Oldest Preserved Locomotive Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order
4 Longest Station Name Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)
5 Shortest Station Name Ib Railway station (Orissa)
6 First Underground Railway Calcutta METRO
7 First Computerized Reservation System started in New Delhi (1986)
8 Longest Run (Time) Vivek Express (3715 km in Approx 71 hrs)
9 Shortest Run Route between Nagpur to Ajni (3km)
10 First Rail Tunnel Parsik Tunnel
11 Longest Railway Bridge Nehru Setu on Sone River (10044ft in length)
12 the most expensive luxury train in India Maharaja Express
11 Longest Railway Platform in the World Gorakhpur Junction railway station (1,366.33 m.)

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