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{{Infobox rail
| railroad_name = Central Railway
| logo_filename = File:Shortened form of Central Railway zone.jpg
| logo_size = 80px
| system_map = Indianrailwayzones-numbered.png
| map_caption = 8-Central Railway
| map_size =
| marks = CR
| image = Mumbai 03-2016 66 Victoria Terminus.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = CR's headquarters [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus]]
| locale =
| start_year = {{start date and age|1951}}
| end_year = Present
| predecessor_line = [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]], Scindia State Railway, [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], Dholpur Railway & others
| successor_line =
| gauge = Standard Indian Broad Gauge
| old_gauge =
| electrification = Yes
| length =
| hq_city = [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus]], [[Mumbai]]
| website =
}}
'''Central Railway''' (abbreviated '''CR''') is one of the 18 zones of [[Indian Railways]].<ref>http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,533,1007,1012</ref> Its headquarters is in [[Mumbai]] at [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus]]. It has the distinction of operating first passenger railway line in [[India]], which opened from [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus|Mumbai]] to [[Thane]] on 16 April 1853.

== History ==
The railway zone was formed on 5 November 1951 by grouping several government-owned railways, including the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]], the [[Scindia State Railway]] of the former [[princely state]] of [[Gwalior]], [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway|Nizam State Railway]], Wardha Coal State Railway and the Dholpur Railways.<ref name=r1>Rao, M.A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, p.42</ref><ref>[http://www.crconstruction.org/project.asp Welcome to Central Railways-Construction > Projects] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501025422/http://www.crconstruction.org/project.asp |date=1 May 2008 }}</ref>

The Central Railway zone formerly included large parts of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and part of southern [[Uttar Pradesh]], which made it the largest railway zone in India in terms of area, track mileage and staff. These areas became the new [[West Central Railway]] zone in April 2003.

The Central Railway General Manager's official residence (erstwhile GIPR agent's residence), 'Glenogle'-a Grade II-B heritage bungalow, is located on Bhausaheb Hire Marg (Mount Pleasant Road), adjacent to the Maharashtra Chief minister's official residence 'Varsha' in Malabar Hill, Mumbai.

==Routes==
[[File:Victoria Terminus, Mumbai.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus]], [[Mumbai]] One of the busiest Railway Stations in [[India]]. It is also a [[List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia#India .2828.29|World Heritage Site]]]]

=== Main/Long Routes of Central Railway ===

** Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan-Igatpuri-Nashik road-Manmad-Jalgaon-Bhusawal-Akola-Badnera-Wardha-Nagpur
** Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan-Karjat-Lonavala-Pune
** Mumbai CSMT-Kurla-Vashi-Panvel-Roha
** Manmad-Aurangabad-Nanded (south central railway line)
** Pune-Daund-Solapur-Wadi-Tandur
** Pune-Satara-Sangli-Miraj-Kolhapur
** Miraj-Pandharpur-Kurduvadi-Barshi-Osmanabad-Latur-Latur Road
** Ballarshah-Majri-Sevagram (formerly Wardha East Jn.)-Nagpur-Amla-Itarsi

=== Branch/Short routes of Central Railway ===
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** Mumbai CSMT-Wadala Road-Bandra-Goregaon
** Thane-Vashi-Panvel
** Daund-Manmad
** Bhusawal-Khandwa
** Amaravati-Narkher
** Vasai Road-Diva-Panvel
** Panvel-Karjat
** Badnera-Amravati
** Daund-Baramati
** Puntamba-Shirdi
** Chalisgaon-Dhule
** Pachora-Jamner (NG)
** Pulgaon-Arvi (NG)
** Murtijapur-Yavatmal (NG)
** Murtijapur-Achalapur (NG)
** Jalamb-Khamgaon
** Majri jn-Pimpalkutti
** Neral-Matheran
{{colend}}

=== Utilization ===
==== High ====
* Mumbai-Thane-Kalyan-Karjat/Kasara sub-urban section
* Mumbai-Bhusawal-Akola-Nagpur
* Mumbai-Bhusawal-Khandwa
* Itarsi-Nagpur-Sevagram-Majri-Balharshah
* Mumbai-Pune-Daund-Solapur-Kalaburgi-Wadi
* Mumbai-Pune-Miraj-Hubli-Bengaluru-Chennai
* Daund-Manmad

==== Low ====
* Puntamba-Sai nagar Shirdi
* Miraj-Kurduwadi
* Latur-Kurduwadi

===Connections===
Central railway zone connects to other Zones of Indian railways as at:

==== Western Railway Zone ====
[[Bandra]], [[Andheri]], [[Goregaon]], [[Dadar]], [[Vasai Road]]

==== Konkan Railway Zone ====
* [[Roha]]

==== South Central Railway zone ====
===== Secunderabad railway division =====
* Balharshah
* Latur road Jn

===== Guntakal Railway Division =====
* Wadi Jn

===== Nanded railway division =====
* Pimpalkutti
* Akola Jn
* Khandwa Jn
* Ankai Jn (MMR-AWB-PBN-NED route)

==== South East Central Railway zone ====
===== Nagpur SEC railway division =====
* Nagpur Jn
* Chhindwara Jn

==== South Western Railway zone ====
===== Hubballi railway division =====
* Hotgi Jn - For Pune-Solapur-vijayapura-Gadag line.
* Miraj Jn - For Pune -Miraj-Londa-Bangalore line

==== Western Central Railway zone ====
===== Bhopal division =====
* Itarsi Jn
* Khandwa Jn

=== Matheran Hill Railway ===
Constructed in 1907, the [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] Matheran Hill Railway connects [[Neral, India|Neral]] on the [[Mumbai]]-[[Chennai]] main line with the [[hill station]] of [[Matheran]] in the [[Western Ghats]], east of [[Mumbai]]. Neral is linked to [[Mumbai]]'s [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus]] by frequent suburban trains. Steam engines have now been replaced by diesel locomotives. The route is noted for its sharp curves.

==Divisions==
* [[Mumbai CR railway division]]
* [[Bhusawal railway division]]
* [[Pune railway division]]
* [[Nagpur CR railway division]]
* [[Solapur railway division]]

==Organisation==
The central railway covers a large part of the state of [[Maharashtra]] and small part of Southern [[Madhya Pradesh]] and North-Eastern [[Karnataka]]. It is organized into five divisions: [[Mumbai CSMT|Mumbai]], [[Bhusawal Railway Division|Bhusawal]], [[Nagpur CR railway division|Nagpur]], [[Solapur Railway Division|Solapur]] and [[Pune Railway Division|Pune]]. The details of the network divisionwise are as follows<ref>[http://www.centralrailwayonline.com/crnet.jsp cnt-rly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509074727/http://www.centralrailwayonline.com/crnet.jsp |date= 9 May 2008 }}</ref>[[File:Central Railway Headquarters.jpg|right|thumb|alt=Central Railway Headquarters.|''Central Railway Headquarters'' at ''[[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus|CSMT]]''.]]

===Mumbai Division===
{{main|Mumbai CR railway division}}
* Mumbai CSMT-Dadar-Kurla-Thane
** Mumbai CSMT-Wadala Road-Kurla ([[Harbour Line]])
*** Wadala Road-Bandra-Goregaon (Inclusive)
** Kurla-Trombay (Goods)
** Kurla-Vashi-Nerul-Panvel ([[Harbour Line]])
** Thane-Vashi-Panvel (Trans-Harbour line)
*** Thane-Turbhe-Vashi ([[Trans-Harbour Line]])
*** Thane-Turbhe-Nerul ([[Trans-Harbour Line]])
* Thane-Diva Jn-Kalyan
** Diva Jn-Panvel-Roha
*** Panvel-Jasai-Uran
**** Jasai-JNPT
** Diva Jn-Vasai Road
* Kalyan Jn-Kasara-Igatpuri (Inclusive)
* Kalyan Jn-Karjat Jn-Lonavala (Inclusive)
** Neral Jn-Matheran (Narrow Gauge)
** Karjat Jn-Panvel
** Karjat Jn-Khopoli

===Pune Division===
{{main|Pune Railway Division}}
* [[Lonavala]]-[[Pune]] Jn-[[Daund]] Jn
* Pune Jn-[[Satara railway station|Satara]]-[[Sangli]]-[[Miraj]] Jn-[[Kolhapur]]
* [[Daund]] Jn -[[Baramati]]
* Phaltan - Baramati ( to be completed by 2022)<ref>[http://www.crconstruction.org/project.asp Welcome to Central Railways-Construction > Projects] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501025422/http://www.crconstruction.org/project.asp |date=1 May 2008 }}</ref>
* Pune Jn-[[Rajgurunagar]]-[[Sangamner]]-[[Sinnar]]-[[Nashik Road]] (Project Scrapped)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120719093806/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/work-on-nashikpune-rail-route-begins/761586.html Work on Nashik-Pune rail route begins]</ref>
* [[Karad]]-[[Chiplun]] (scrapped)<ref>[http://m.economictimes.com/PDAET/articleshow/12178991.cms Maharashtra Government to share cost for Pune-Nashik, Karad-Chiplun rail links]</ref>

===Nagpur Division===
{{main|Nagpur CR railway division}}

[[File:Nagpur Railway Station Stitch.jpg|thumb|right|370px|alt=Nagpur Railway Station.|''[[Nagpur Railway Station]]'']]''
* Badnera Jn (Exclude)-[[Pulgaon]] Jn-[[Wardha]] Jn-[[Butibori]] Jn-[[Nagpur]] Jn
** Pulgaon Jn-[[Arvi, Wardha|Arvi]] (Narrow Gauge)
** Butobori Jn-[[Umred|Umrer]]
* Sewagram-[[Majri]] Jn-[[Tadali]] Jn-[[Chandrapur]]-[[Balharshah Junction railway station|Balharshah]] Jn (include)
** Wardha Jn-Chitoda Jn (on Sewagram-Balharshah line)
*** Majri Jn-[[Wani, Maharashtra|Wani]] Jn-[[pimpalkutti]]
** Wani Jn-[[Rajur]]
** Tadali Jn-[[Ghugus]]
** Balharshah Jn-Chanda Fort
* Nagpur-[[Amla, Madhya Pradesh|Amla]] Jn-[[Itarsi]] Jn (exclude)
** Amla Junction-[[Chhindwara]](exclude)
* Nagpur-[[sevagram]]-[[majri]] jn Balharshah

===Solapur Division===
{{main|Solapur Railway Division}}
[[File:Solapur railway station.JPG|thumb|300px|[[Solapur railway station]]]]

* Manmad (exclude)-[[Ahmednagar]]-[[Daund]] Jn
* Daund Jn-[[Solapur]]
* Miraj Jn (exclude)-Pandharpur-Kurudwadi Jn-Barshi-[[Latur]]-Latur Road (excluding)
* Solapur-[[Hotgi]] Jn-[[Gulbarga]]-Wadi Jn (Include)

===Bhusawal Division===
{{main|Bhusawal Railway Division}}

* Manmad-Indore (project scrapped)
* Bhusawal-Badnera-Nagpur (exclude)
* Bhusawal-Khandwa-Itarsi (exclude)
* Jalgaon-Nandurbar-Udhna (exclude)
* Chalisgaon-Dhule
* Khamgaon - Jalamb
* Pachora-Jamner
* Manmad-Aurangabad (exclude)
* Manmad-Daund (exclude)
* Mandmad-Nasik-Igatpuri (exclude)
* Akola-Nanded (exclude)

The number of stations category-wise under these five railway divisions under the Cental Railway Zones are as follows (as of 2008) :
A-1 : 7, A : 20, B : 10, C : 80, D : 45, E : 221, F : 93, Total : 476<ref>{{cite web|title=CATEGORISATION OF STATIONS|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/land_amen/downloads/categorywise.pdf|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

==Ongoing Projects==

===New lines===
* Narayandoho-Parli Vaijnath line (work under progress). Ahmednagar-Narayandoho completed. (Project :- Ahmedanagar- Beed - Parli)
* Phaltan - Baramati (New line with Electrification Project Approved,but work yet to start)
* Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi line (survey under progress)
* Khamgaon-Jalna (survey completed, but work yet to start)
* Latur-Latur Road-Ahmedpur-Nanded (survey completed, but work yet to start)
* Latur Road-Jalkot-Mukhed-Biloli-Bodhan (announced but not yet taken up)
* Latur-Ausa-Nilanga-Omerga-Aland-Gulbarga (survey under progress)

===Doubling===
* Bhigvan-Vakav (Earth work started)
Solapur - Bhalwani doubling work completed
* Tilati-Gulbarga (Earth work started)
* Roha-Panvel
* Daund-Manmad (doubling in progress plus electrification)
* Bhigvan-Solapur-Gulbarga
* Pune-Miraj-Londa-Hubli (Doubling in progress)
* Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur (Electrification 90% completed)
* Panvel-Karjat
* Karjat-Khopoli

===Tripling===
* Kalyan-Kasara
* Kalyan-Karjat
* Sewagram Jn-Balharshah Jn

===Quadrupling===
Nagpur-Wardha

Jalgaon-Bhsawal

===Hexupling===
* Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan

===Electrification===
* Manmad-Daund (Electrification) (Work completed)
* Bhigvan-Solapur-Gulbarga (Electrification) (Work is ongoing)
* Kurduwadi-Barshi-Latur-Latur Road (Electrification) (Announced but not yet taken up)
* Pune-Miraj-kolhapur (Electrification) (Work in progress)

==Trains==
[[File:CR MEMU Rakes built by BEML, Bangalore.jpg|thumb|CR MEMU Rakes built by BEML, [[Bangalore]]]]
[[File:CR MEMU Rakes built by BEML, Bengaluru.jpg|thumb|CR MEMU Rakes parked alongside [[Suranjan Das Road]]]]
Some of the major trains operated by Central Railway zone are as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Number !! Train Name !! Starting Station !! Terminating Station
|-
|22221/22222||[[Mumbai CSMT–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express]]||Mumbai CSMT||Hazrat Nizamuddin.
|-
|12123/12124||[[Deccan Queen]]||Mumbai CSMT||Pune Jn.
|-
|12137/12138||[[Punjab Mail]]||Mumbai CSMT||Firozpur Cantt.
|-
|11035/11036||[[Sharavati Express]]||Dadar||Mysuru Jn.
|-
|11085/11086||[[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Madgaon AC Double Decker Express]]||Kurla LTT||Madgaon Jn.
|-
|12289/12290||[[Nagpur Duronto Express|Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus - Nagpur Duronto Express]]|| Mumbai CSMT||Nagpur.
|-
|22107/221078||[[Latur Express]]|| Mumbai CSMT|| Latur.
|-
|11301/11302||[[Udyan Express]]||Mumbai CSMT||KSR Bengaluru City
|-
|12025/12026||[[Pune–Secunderabad Shatabdi Express|Pune - Secunderabad Shatabdi Express]]||Pune||Secunderabad Jn.
|-
|12051/12052||[[Dadar Madgaon Jan Shatabdi Express]]||Dadar||Madgaon Jn.
|-
|12113/12114||[[Pune–Nagpur Garib Rath Express]]||Pune||Nagpur Jn.
|-
|12115/12116||[[Siddheshwar Express]]||Mumbai CSMT||Solapur
|-
|22119/22120||[[Mumbai CSMT - Karmali Tejas Express]]||Mumbai CSMT||Karmali
|-
|12105/12106||[[Vidarbha Express]]||Mumbai CSMT||Gondia Jn.
|-
|11039/11040||[[Maharashtra Express]]||Kolhapur SCSMT||Gondia Jn.
|-
|11023/11024||[[Sahyadri Express]]||Mumbai CSMT||Kolhapur SCSMT
|-
|11027/11028||[[Mumbai Chennai Mail]]||Mumbai CSMT||Chennai Central
|}

==Loco Sheds==
* [[Electric Loco Shed, Ajni]]
* [[Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan]]
* [[Electric Loco Shed, Bhusawal]]
* [[Diesel Loco Shed, Pune]]
* Diesel Loco Shed, Kalyan
* Diesel Loco Shed, Kurla

==See also==

* [[All India Station Masters' Association (AISMA)]]
* [[Zones and divisions of Indian Railways]]
* [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]]
* [[Indian Railways]]
* [[Carriage Repair Workshop, Lower Parel, Mumbai]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040924192037/http://bhusawalrail.gov.in/ Bhusawal Division]
* [http://www.magicalmumbai.com/mumbai-local-train-timetables/ Central, Western and Harbour railway timetable]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080911094634/http://www.mumbai77.com/City_Info_Guide/Central_TimeTable.html CENTRAL Railway local Train Timetable]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090829075919/http://www.irinfo.in/ Detailed Mumbai Local Train Time Table]
* [https://muftsarkarinaukri.blogspot.com/2019/12/indian-railway-vacancy.html?m=1 / Mumbai Local Railways Latest Vacancies]

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{{Indian Railways}}

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