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Ministry of Railways
Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country
Posted On:
21 JUL 2017 4:09PM by PIB Delhi
At present there are 17 Railway Zones and 68 Divisions in the country. The details are given below:
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S.NO.
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RAILWAY ZONES
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Headquarter
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DIVISIONS
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1.
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Central Railway
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Mumbai
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Mumbai (CST), Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur, Pune.
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2.
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Eastern Railway
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Kolkata
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Asansol, Howrah, Malda, Sealdah.
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3.
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East Central Railway
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Hajipur
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Danapur,Dhanbad,Mughalsarai, Samastipur,Sonpur.
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4.
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East Coast Railway
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Bhubaneswar
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Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Waltair.
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5.
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Northern Railway
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New Delhi
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Ambala, Delhi, Lucknow, Moradabad, Ferozpur.
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6.
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North Central Railway
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Allahabad
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Allahabad, Agra, Jhansi.
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7.
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North Eastern Railway
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Gorakhpur
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Lucknow,Izzatnager,Varanasi.
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8.
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Northeast Frontier Railway
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Guwahati
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Katihar, Alipurduar, Rangiya, Lumding, Tinsukia.
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9.
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North Western Railway
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Jaipur
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Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur.
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10.
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Southern Railway
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Chennai
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Chennai, Madurai, Palghat, Trichy, Trivandrum, Salem.
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11.
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South Central Railway
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Secunderabad
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Guntakal, Guntur, Hyderabad, Nanded,Secunderabad,Vijayawada.
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12.
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South Eastern Railway
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Kolkata
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Adra,Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi.
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13.
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South East Central Railway
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Bilaspur
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Bilaspur, Nagpur, Raipur
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14.
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South Western Railway
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Hubli
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Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore
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15.
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Western Railway
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Mumbai
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Mumbai(Central),Vadodara, Ratlam,Ahmedabad,Rajkot, Bhavnagar.
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16.
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West Central Railway
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Jabalpur
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Bhopal, Jabalpur, Kota.
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17.
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Metro Railway
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Kolkata
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Not applicable.
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Zonal and Divisional boundaries are decided by operational/administrative requirements and not on considerations of State boundaries and as such there are some States which have railway lines under jurisdictional control of more than one Zonal Railway/Division.
This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 21.07.2017 (Friday).
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(Release ID: 1496649)
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