Indian Railway Zones

Explore the operational zones and divisions across India

Introduction

In 1944, all railway companies were taken over by the Government. In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organizing Indian Railways into six regional zones. As of 2024, there are 17 operational zones of Indian Railways.

Operational Railway Zones

Indian Railway Zones Map
Number Railway Zone Code Headquarters Established Route Length (km) Stations Divisions
NA Kolkata Metro KM Kolkata 1984 59.8 40 -
1 Northern Railway NR Delhi 1952 7,363 1,013 Ambala, Delhi, Firozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad
2 North Eastern Railway NER Gorakhpur 1952 3,470.5 537 Izzatnagar, Lucknow, Varanasi
3 Northeast Frontier Railway NFR Guwahati 1958 4,348 547 Alipurduar, Katihar, Lumding, Rangiya, Tinsukia
4 Eastern Railway ER Kolkata 1952 2,823.2 587 Asansol, Howrah, Malda, Sealdah
5 South Eastern Railway SER Kolkata 1955 2,758.6 363 Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi
6 South Central Railway SCR Secunderabad 1966 6,560.5 156 Guntur, Guntakal, Hyderabad, Nanded, Secunderabad, Vijayawada
7 Southern Railway SR Chennai 1951 5,093 727 Chennai, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli
8 Central Railway CR Mumbai CSMT 1951 4,203.3 486 Bhusawal, Mumbai CR, Nagpur, Pune, Solapur
9 Western Railway WR Mumbai Churchgate 1951 6,156.6 1046 Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Mumbai WR, Rajkot, Ratlam, Vadodara
10 South Western Railway SWR Hubballi 2003 3,661.8 381 Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mysuru
11 North Western Railway NWR Jaipur 2002 5,705.6 578 Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur
12 West Central Railway WCR Jabalpur 2003 3,060 247 Bhopal, Jabalpur, Kota
13 North Central Railway NCR Prayagraj 2003 3,522.6 411 Agra, Jhansi, Prayagraj
14 South East Central Railway SECR Bilaspur 1998 2,396.6 358 Bilaspur, Nagpur, Raipur
15 East Coast Railway ECoR Bhubaneswar 2003 3,017.2 133 Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Waltair
16 East Central Railway ECR Hajipur 1996 4,238 340 Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur