Indian Railways Zones and Divisions

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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.

Railway Zones and Divisions
Railway Zones and Divisions

List of zones and its divisions

The 18 zones 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
Railway zone Code Zone headquarters Operational statistics[5] (in FY2011-12) Railway Divisions
Route length
(km) 		Number of Stations Revenue Passengers carried
(million)
Central Railway CR Mumbai CSMT 4,101.63 612 Template:INRConvert 1,675 Mumbai,[6] Bhusawal,[7] Pune,[8] Solapur,[9] Nagpur CR[10]
Konkan Railway KR Navi Mumbai 741 67 Template:INRConvert Karwar, Ratnagiri
Northern Railway NR Delhi 6,968 1142 Template:INRConvert 685 Delhi,[11] Ambala,[12] Firozpur,[13] Lucknow NR,[14] Moradabad[15]
North Central Railway NCR Prayagraj 3,151 435 Template:INRConvert 182 Prayagraj,[16] Agra,[17] Jhansi[18]
North Eastern Railway NER Gorakhpur 3,667 537 Template:INRConvert 250 Izzatnagar,[19] Lucknow NER,[20] Varanasi[21]
Northeast Frontier Railway NFR Maligaon, Guwahati 3,948 753 Template:INRConvert 88 Alipurduar, Katihar, Rangiya, Lumding, Tinsukia[22]
North Western Railway NWR Jaipur 5,459 663 Template:INRConvert 157 Jaipur,[23] Ajmer,[24] Bikaner,[25] Jodhpur[26]
Eastern Railway ER Fairlie Place, Kolkata 2,414 576 Template:INRConvert 1,173 Howrah,[27] Sealdah,[28] Asansol,[29] Malda[30]
East Central Railway ECR Hajipur 3,628 800 Template:INRConvert 222 Danapur,[31] Dhanbad,[32] Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya,[33] Samastipur,[34] Sonpur[35]
East Coast Railway ECoR Bhubaneswar 2,204 342 Template:INRConvert 86 Khurda Road,[36] Sambalpur,[37] Rayagada[38]
Southern Railway SR Template:Stnlnk 5,079 890 Template:INRConvert 406 Chennai,[39] Tiruchirappalli,[40] Madurai,[41] Palakkad,[42] Salem,[43] Thiruvananthapuram[44]
South Central Railway[45] SCR Template:Stnlnk 3,127 883 Template:INRConvert 378 Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Nanded
South Coast Railway[45] SCoR Visakhapatnam 3,496 Template:INRConvertTemplate:Efn Vijayawada (Waltair merged), Guntur, Guntakal
South Eastern Railway SER Garden Reach, Kolkata 2,631 353 Template:INRConvert 263 Adra,[46] Chakradharpur,[47] Kharagpur,[48] Ranchi[49]
South East Central Railway SECR Bilaspur 2,447 358 Template:INRConvert 126 Bilaspur,[50] Raipur,[51] Nagpur SEC[52]
South Western Railway SWR Hubballi 3,566 456 Template:INRConvert 181 Hubballi,[53] Bengaluru,[54] Mysuru[55]
Western Railway WR Mumbai (Churchgate) 6,182 1046 Template:INRConvert 1,654 Mumbai WR,[56] Ratlam,[57] Ahmedabad, Rajkot,[58] Bhavnagar,[59] Vadodara[60]
West Central Railway WCR Jabalpur 2,965 372 Template:INRConvert 138 Jabalpur,[61] Bhopal,[62] Kota[63]

Kolkata Metro is also a division of Indian Railways headquartered in Park Street, Kolkata making Kolkata the city with most Zonal Headquarters of Indian Railways in India.

Departments

A typical division has an average track length of about Template:Convert 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 Department Headed by Abbre. Role and function
Engineering Department Senior Divisional Engineer/Divisional Engineer Sr.DEN/DEN Maintenance of all fixed assets of the Division, i.e. Track, Bridges, Buildings, Roads, Water supply etc.
Mechanical Engineering Department Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer Sr.DME Maintenance of Carriages and Wagons of the Division.
Electrical Engineering Department (General) Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer Sr.DEE (General) Maintenance of lighting and power for railway buildings.
Electrical Engineering Department (Traction Distribution) Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer Sr.DEE (TRD) Maintenance of Overhead equipment.
Electrical Engineering Department (Operations) Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer Sr.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 Department Senior Divisional Signal & Telecommunication Engineer Sr.DSTE Management of the Signalling and Telecommunication (S&T) infrastructure of the division for Safe Train operations;
Operating and Traffic (Transportation) Department Senior Divisional Operations Manager Sr.DOM Train operations
Commercial Department Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Sr.DCM Passenger ticketing, ticket checking, booking of freight rakes and collecting fares
Medical Department Chief Medical Superintendent CMS Providing medical facilities to railway employees and their families
Safety Department Senior Divisional Safety Officer Sr.DSO Ensuring safety of train operations
Stores Department Senior Divisional Material Manager Sr.DMM Ensuring material for maintenance of trains (material for all departments except the Engineering Department)
Accounts Department Senior Divisional Finance Manager Sr.DFM Financial management of the division
Personnel Department Senior Divisional Personnel Officer Sr.DPO HR functions
Security Department Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Sr.DSC Security of railway material, passenger and passenger belongings
Managing Department Divisional Railway Manager DRM Managing all departments

Control Room

Every division has a Control Room for train operations, where all the trains in the division are controlled and monitored. There are different types of control rooms such as engineering control, mechanical control 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 cars and sick lines to maintain freight cars which are found unfit at the freight examination points.

Notes

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Organization Structure Of Indian Railways.
  2. ↑ Organization Structure Of Indian Railways. Indian Railways.
  3. ↑ Indian Railways Report. Indian Railways(2015). Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Cabinet approves South Coast Railway zone. Press Information Bureau.
  5. ↑ All India and Zone-wise Passengers / Goods Carried And Earnings Derived By Railways. Government of India(2015). Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  6. ↑ Mumbai Railway Division. Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Bhusawal Railway Division. Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Pune Railway Division. Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Solapur Railway Division. Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Nagpur Railway Division. Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  11. ↑ Delhi Railway Division. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  12. ↑ Ambala Railway Division. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Firozpur Railway Division. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  14. ↑ Lucknow Railway Division. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  15. ↑ Moradabad Railway Division. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  16. ↑ Allahabad Railway Division. North Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  17. ↑ Agra Railway Division. North Central Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Jhansi Railway Division. North Central Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  19. ↑ Izzatnagar Railway Division. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  20. ↑ Lucknow Railway Division. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  21. ↑ Varanasi Railway Division. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  22. ↑ Northeast Frontier Railway Division. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  23. ↑ Jaipur Railway Division. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  24. ↑ Ajmer Railway Division. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  25. ↑ Bikaner Railway Division. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  26. ↑ Jodhpur Railway Division. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  27. ↑ Howrah Railway Division. Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  28. ↑ Sealdah Railway Division. Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  29. ↑ Asansol Railway Division. Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  30. ↑ Malda Railway Division. Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  31. ↑ Danapur Railway Division. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  32. ↑ Dhanbad Railway Division. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  33. ↑ Mughalsari Railway Division. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  34. ↑ Samastipur Railway Division. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  35. ↑ Sonpur Railway Division. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  36. ↑ Khurda Road Railway Division. East Coast Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  37. ↑ Sambalpur Railway Division. East Coast Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  38. ↑ Waltair Railway Division. East Coast Railway zone. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  39. ↑ Chennai Railway Division. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  40. ↑ Tiruchirappalli Railway Division. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  41. ↑ Madurai Railway Division. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  42. ↑ Palakkad Railway Division. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  43. ↑ Salem Railway Division. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  44. ↑ Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 South Coast Railway could be the new railway zone for AP. The Hindu(2018-02-12). Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  46. ↑ Adra Railway Division. South Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  47. ↑ Chakradharpur Railway Division. South Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  48. ↑ Adra Railway Division. South Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  49. ↑ Adra Railway Division. South Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  50. ↑ Bilaspur Railway Division. South East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  51. ↑ Raipur Railway Division. South East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  52. ↑ Nagpur SEC Railway Division. South East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  53. ↑ Hubballi Railway Division. South Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  54. ↑ Bangalore Railway Division. South Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  55. ↑ Mysore Railway Division. South Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  56. ↑ Mumbai WR Railway Division. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  57. ↑ Ratlam Railway Division. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  58. ↑ Rajkot Railway Division. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  59. ↑ Bhavnagar Railway Division. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  60. ↑ Vadodara Railway Division. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  61. ↑ Jabalpur Railway Division. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  62. ↑ Bhopal Railway Division. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  63. ↑ Kota Railway Division. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  64. ↑ Rooting for the railways. The Hindu(2004-03-31). Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  65. ↑ Railway Officer. Khabar Express. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  66. ↑ Introduction to Organisation of Indian Railways. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  67. ↑ [{{{url}}} Working Paper No.2007-02-03]. Indian Institute of Management(February 2007).

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