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Indian Railway Zones

Indian Railways divides its operations into zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. There are a total of 18 zones (including Metro Railway, Kolkata) and 70 Divisions on Indian Railway System.[1] Each of the divisions is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), who reports to the General Manager (GM) of the zone. A DRM can be appointed from any of the eight organized services of Indian Railways, viz. 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 the tenure of three years, but it can be exceeded on the recommendation of Railway Board. The DRM is assisted by one or two Additional Divisional Railway Managers (ADRM) in the working of the division. Divisional officers heading all departments viz. Stores, engineering, mechanical, electrical, signal and telecommunication, accounts, personnel, operating, commercial, safety, medical, security branches report to the Divisional Railway Manager.

List of zones and its divisions

The 18 zones, of which 16 are shown in the map, and their 70 divisions are listed below.[2][3] South Coast Railway zone is the newest zone in Indian Railways.[4]

Indian Railways Zones & Divisions
Indian Railways Zones & Divisions
List of IR Zones available
Zone Number Railway zone Code Zone headquarters Operational statistics[5] (in FY2011-12) Railway Divisions
Route length
(km)		 Number of Stations Revenue Passengers carried
(million)
8 Central Railway CR Mumbai CSMT 4,102 612 ₹75,447 million (US$940 million) 1,675 Mumbai,[6] Bhusawal,[7] Pune,[8] Solapur,[9] Nagpur CR[10]
17 Kolkata Metro KM Kolkata 47 40
1 Northern Railway NR Delhi 6,968 1142 ₹89,246 million (US$1.1 billion) 685 Delhi,[11] Ambala,[12] Firozpur,[13] Lucknow NR,[14] Moradabad[15]
13 North Central Railway NCR Prayagraj 3,151 435 ₹87,796 million (US$1.1 billion) 182 Prayagraj,[16] Agra,[17] Jhansi[18]
2 North Eastern Railway NER Gorakhpur 3,667 537 ₹17,667 million (US$220 million) 250 Izzatnagar,[19] Lucknow NER,[20] Varanasi[21]
3 Northeast Frontier Railway NFR Maligaon, Guwahati 3,948 753 ₹21,079 million (US$260 million) 88 Alipurduar, Katihar, Rangiya, Lumding, Tinsukia[22]
11 North Western Railway NWR Jaipur 5,459 663 ₹36,240 million (US$450 million) 157 Jaipur,[23] Ajmer,[24] Bikaner,[25] Jodhpur[26]
4 Eastern Railway ER Fairlie Place, Kolkata 2,414 576 ₹37,254 million (US$470 million) 1,173 Howrah,[27] Sealdah,[28] Asansol,[29] Malda[30]
16 East Central Railway ECR Hajipur 3,628 800 ₹59,386 million (US$740 million) 222 Danapur,[31] Dhanbad,[32] Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya,[33] Samastipur,[34] Sonpur[35]
15 East Coast Railway ECoR Bhubaneswar 2,204 342 ₹87,884 million (US$1.1 billion) 86 Khurda Road,[36] Sambalpur,[37] Rayagada[38]
7 Southern Railway SR Chennai Central 5,079 890 ₹81,820 million (US$1.0 billion) 406 Chennai,[39] Tiruchirappalli,[40] Madurai,[41] Palakkad,[42] Salem,[43] Thiruvananthapuram[44]
6 South Central Railway[45] SCR Secunderabad Junction 3,127 883 ₹89,114 million (US$1.1 billion) 378 Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Nanded
18 South Coast Railway SCoR Visakhapatnam 3,496 ₹130,000 million (US$1.6 billion)[lower-alpha 1] Waltair, Vijayawada, Guntur, Guntakal[45]
5 South Eastern Railway SER Garden Reach, Kolkata 2,631 353 ₹73,721 million (US$920 million) 263 Adra,[46] Chakradharpur,[47] Kharagpur,[48] Ranchi[49]
14 South East Central Railway SECR Bilaspur 2,447 358 ₹63,402 million (US$790 million) 126 Bilaspur,[50] Raipur,[51] Nagpur SEC[52]
10 South Western Railway SWR Hubballi 3,566 456 ₹26,384 million (US$330 million) 181 Hubballi,[53] Bengaluru,[54] Mysuru[55]
9 Western Railway WR Mumbai (Churchgate) 6,182 1046 ₹82,167 million (US$1.0 billion) 1,654 Mumbai WR,[56] Ratlam,[57] Ahmedabad, Rajkot,[58] Bhavnagar,[59] Vadodara[60]
12 West Central Railway WCR Jabalpur 2,965 372 ₹65,135 million (US$820 million) 138 Jabalpur,[61] Bhopal,[62] Kota[63]

Departments

A typical division has an average track length of about 1,000 km (620 mi) and staff strength of about 15,000. All the departments and services of the Indian Railways are represented in a Division.[64][65][66][67]

Departments & Roles
Departments & Roles
Name of DepartmentHeaded byAbbre.Role and function
Engineering DepartmentSenior Divisional Engineer/Divisional EngineerSr.DEN/DENMaintenance of all fixed assets of the Division, i.e. Track, Bridges, Buildings, Roads, Water supply etc.
Mechanical Engineering DepartmentSenior Divisional Mechanical EngineerSr.DMEMaintenance of Carriages and Wagons of the Division.
Electrical Engineering Department (General)Senior Divisional Electrical EngineerSr.DEE (General)Maintenance of lighting and power for railway buildings.
Electrical Engineering Department (Traction Distribution)Senior Divisional Electrical EngineerSr.DEE (TRD)Maintenance of Overhead equipment.
Electrical Engineering Department (Operations)Senior Divisional Electrical EngineerSr.DEE (OP)Maintenance of operations of all locomotives including EMUs/MEMUs and its establishment i.e. Assistant Loco Pilots,Loco Pilots,Loco Inspector and Guards.
Signal & Telecommunication Engineering DepartmentSenior Divisional Signal & Telecommunication EngineerSr.DSTEManagement of the Signalling and Telecommunication (S&T) infrastructure of the division for Safe Train operations;
Operating and Traffic (Transportation) DepartmentSenior Divisional Operations ManagerSr.DOMTrain operations
Commercial DepartmentSenior Divisional Commercial ManagerSr.DCMPassenger ticketing, ticket checking, booking of freight rakes and collecting fares
Medical DepartmentChief Medical SuperintendentCMSProviding medical facilities to railway employees and their families
Safety DepartmentSenior Divisional Safety OfficerSr.DSOEnsuring safety of train operations
Stores DepartmentSenior Divisional Material ManagerSr.DMMEnsuring material for maintenance of trains (material for all departments except the Engineering Department)
Accounts DepartmentSenior Divisional Finance ManagerSr.DFMFinancial management of the division
Personnel DepartmentSenior Divisional Personnel OfficerSr.DPOHR functions
Security DepartmentSenior Divisional Security CommissionerSr.DSCSecurity of railway material, passenger and passenger belongings
Managing DepartmentDivisional Railway ManagerDRMManaging all departments

Control Room

Every Division has a Control Office for smooth train operations, where all the trains in the division are controlled and monitored. There are different types of Control rooms in one Control office building such as Electrical General Control, Traction Power Control, Traction Loco Control, Mechanical Control, Operations Control, Commercial Control, Signal Control, Telecom Control, RPF Control, Engineering Control, Ballast Control and Respective sections Controls etc. which coordinate with operating control and employees of the respective department.

Accident Relief Trains

Every division has Accident Relief Trains (ARTs), Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs) and Breakdown Cranes for assisting in disaster management. These are under the supervision of the Senior Divisional Mechanical of Engineering (SrDME) of the Division, who is also the head of Division.

Locomotive Sheds

The Diesel Locomotive Sheds and Electric Locomotive Sheds in the division maintain diesel and electric locomotives respectively. Their administrative control is with the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM).

Coaching Depots and Sick Lines

Every division has some coaching depots to maintain its passenger trains and freight depot for maintain freight trains & sick lines to maintain coaching & freight cars which are found unfit at the examination points.

Notes

  1. ↑ The route being newly announced it did not show any revenue, the given revenue is projected after its bifurcation

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Organization Structure Of Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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  6. ↑ "Mumbai Railway Division". Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bhusawal Railway Division". Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Pune Railway Division". Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Solapur Railway Division". Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Nagpur Railway Division". Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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  12. ↑ "Ambala Railway Division". Northern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Firozpur Railway Division". Northern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Lucknow Railway Division". Northern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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  17. ↑ "Agra Railway Division". North Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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  19. ↑ "Izzatnagar Railway Division". North Eastern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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  27. ↑ "Howrah Railway Division". Eastern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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  29. ↑ "Asansol Railway Division". Eastern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  30. ↑ "Malda Railway Division". Eastern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  31. ↑ "Danapur Railway Division". East Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  32. ↑ "Dhanbad Railway Division". East Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  33. ↑ "Mughalsari Railway Division". East Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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  35. ↑ "Sonpur Railway Division". East Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  36. ↑ "Khurda Road Railway Division". East Coast Railway zone. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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  39. ↑ "Chennai Railway Division". Southern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  40. ↑ "Tiruchirappalli Railway Division". Southern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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  42. ↑ "Palakkad Railway Division". Southern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  43. ↑ "Salem Railway Division". Southern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  44. ↑ "Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division". Southern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  45. 1 2 Geetanath, V. (12 February 2018). "South Coast Railway could be the new railway zone for AP". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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  50. ↑ "Bilaspur Railway Division". South East Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  51. ↑ "Raipur Railway Division". South East Central Railway zone. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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  62. ↑ "Bhopal Railway Division". North Western Railway zone. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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