The Indian Railways (IR) is organized into zones, which are subdivided into divisions, each with its own divisional headquarters. A Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) administers each division and reports to the zone’s General Manager (GM). So, in this blog, we will discuss zones and divisions of Indian Railways.
1. Northern Railway (NR)
Northern Railways’ Zonal Headquarters Office is located in Baroda House in New Delhi, and divisional headquarters are located at:
Lucknow NR
Delhi
Ambala
Firozpur
Moradabad
2. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)
It is headquartered in Guwahati, with divisional headquarters at the following locations:
Katihar
Alipurduar
Lumding
Tinsukia
Rangiya
3. North Eastern Railway (NER)
Its headquarters are in Gorakhpur, with divisional headquarters in:
Izzatnagar
Lucknow NER
Varanasi
4. Eastern Railway (ER)
It has four divisions and is headquartered in Fairley Place, Kolkata:
Howrah
Sealdah
Asansol
Malda
5. South Central Railway (SCR)
Its headquarters are at Secunderabad, and it is divided into six divisions:
Guntakal
Guntur
Nanded
Secunderabad
Hyderabad
Vijayawada
6. South Eastern Railway (SER)
Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India is the headquarters. It is divided into four sections:
Adra
Chakradharpur
Kharagpur
Ranchi
7. Southern Railway (SR)
The Southern Railway has six divisions and is headquartered at Chennai Central.
Trivendrum
Chennai
Madurai
Palghat
Trichy
8. Western Railway (WR)
Its headquarters are located at Churchgate in Mumbai. It is divided into six sections:
Vadodara
Ahmedabad
Rajkot
Bhavnagar
Ratlam
Mumbai WR
9. Central Railway (CR)
Its headquarters are located at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai. It is divided into five sections:
Mumbai
Nagpur
Bhusawal
Pune
Sholapur
10. South Western Railway (SWR)
It has three divisions and is headquartered in Hubli:
Bangalore
Mysore
Hubli
11. West Central Railway (WCR)
Its headquarter is in Jabalpur and comprises three divisions:
Jabalpur
Bhopal
Kota
12. North Western Railway (NWR)
Its headquarter is in Jaipur, and it is divided into four divisions:
Jaipur
Ajmer
Bikaner
Jodhpur
13. North Central Railway (NCR)
Its headquarter is in Allahabad, and it is divided into three divisions:
Allahabad
Jhansi
Agra
14. East Coast Railway (ECoR)
Its headquarter is in Bhubaneswar, and it is divided into three divisions:
Khurda Road
Waltair
Sambhalpur
15. South East Central Railway (SECR)
It has three divisions and is based in Bilaspur:
Bilaspur
Nagpur
Raipur
16. East Central Railway (ECR)
It has five sections and is headquartered in Hajipur:
Sonpur
Samastipur
Danapur
Mughalsarai
Dhanba