North Western Railway | |
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11-North Western Railway |
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Locale | Rajasthan |
Dates of operation | 2002– |
Predecessor | Northern Railway |
Track gauge | Mixed |
Headquarters | Jaipur Railway Station |
Website | NWR official website |
The North Western Railway is one of the sixteen railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Jaipur. It comprises four divisions: Jodhpur and reorganized Bikaner division of the erstwhile Northern Railway and reorganized Jaipur and Ajmer divisions of the erstwhile Western Railway. This zone came into existence on October 1, 2002. This railway comprises a total of 578 stations covering a total of 5449.29 route km out of which 2575.03 are broad gauge and 2874.23 are metre gauge.