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Railway Zones in India

Sl. No Indian Railway Zones Name Abbr. Indian Railway Zones Date Established Indian Railway Zones Headquarters Indian Railway Zones Divisions
1. Northern Railway NR April 14, 1952 Delhi Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad
2. North Eastern Railway NER 1952 Gorakhpur Izzatnagar, Lucknow, Varanasi
3. Northeast Frontier Railway NFR 1958 Guwahati Alipurduar, Katihar, Lumding, Rangia, Tinsukia
4. Eastern Railway ER April, 1952 Kolkata Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda
5. South Eastern Railway SER 1955 Kolkata Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi
6. South Central Railway SCR October 2, 1966 Secunderabad Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Vijayawada
7. Southern Railway SR April 14, 1951 Chennai Chennai, Madurai, Palakkad, Tiruchchirapalli, Thiruvanathapuram, Salem
8. Central Railway CR November 5, 1951 Mumbai Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur, Nagpur
9. Western Railway WR November 5, 1951 Mumbai Mumbai Central, Baroda, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar
10. South Western Railway SWR April 1, 2003 Hubli Hubli, Bangalore, Mysore
11. North Western Railway NWR October 1, 2002 Jaipur Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur
12. West Central Railway WCR April 1, 2003 Jabalpur Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota
13. North Central Railway NCR April 1, 2003 Allahabad Allahabad, Agra, Jhansi
14. South East Central Railway SECR April 1, 2003 Bilaspur, CG Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur
15. East Coast Railway ECoR April 1, 2003 Bhubaneswar Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam
16. East Central Railway ECR October 1, 2002 Hajipur Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur
17. Konkan Railway† KR January 26, 1998 Navi Mumbai Ratnagiri, karwar









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