Railway Zones
Indian Railways · रेलवे ज़ोन · 24 facts
Indian Railways has 18 zones for administration
Central Railway HQ: Mumbai CST
Northern Railway HQ: New Delhi
Southern Railway HQ: Chennai — first zone (1951)
Western Railway HQ: Mumbai Churchgate
Eastern Railway HQ: Kolkata
South Central Railway HQ: Secunderabad
North Eastern Railway HQ: Gorakhpur
Northeast Frontier Railway HQ: Maligaon (Guwahati)
South Western Railway HQ: Hubli
North Western Railway HQ: Jaipur (est. 2002)
East Central Railway HQ: Hajipur
West Central Railway HQ: Jabalpur
Konkan Railway HQ: Navi Mumbai (1998)
Metro Railway HQ: Kolkata (1984)
7 new zones were added in 2002-03 by Vajpayee govt
Kolkata has HQ of 3 zones: ER, SER, Metro Railway
Mumbai has HQ of 3 zones: CR, WR, Konkan Railway
Each zone headed by General Manager
Northern Railway is largest zone by route kilometres
South Eastern Railway HQ: Kolkata (Garden Reach)
East Coast Railway HQ: Bhubaneswar
North Central Railway HQ: Prayagraj
South East Central Railway HQ: Bilaspur