Zones and divisions of Indian Railways

The Indian Railways is divided into zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. There are a total of 73 divisions.[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 services of Indian Railway, Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), IRAS ,IES , IRPS etc.for the tenure of 3 years but it can be exceeded on the recommendation of Railway Board. Divisional officers heading all departments viz. engineering, mechanical, electrical, signal and telecommunication, accounts, personnel, operating, commercial, safety, medical, security branches report to the Divisional Railway Manager. The DRM is assisted by one or two Additional Divisional Railway Managers (ADRM) in the working of the division.

Indian Railway Zones

List of zones and its divisions

The 18 zones and the 69 divisions are listed below:[2][3]

List of IR Zones
Railway Zone Code Zone Headquarters Operational Statistics[4](in FY2011-12) Railway Divisions
Route length
(km) 		Number of StationsRevenue Passenger Carried
(million)
01. Northern Railway NR Delhi 6,968 1142₹89,246 million (US$1.4 billion) 685 Delhi,[5] Ambala,[6] Firozpur,[7] Lucknow NR,[8] Moradabad[9]
02. North Eastern Railway NER Gorakhpur 3,667 537₹17,667 million (US$280 million) 250 Izzatnagar,[10] Lucknow NER,[11] Varanasi[12]
03. Northeast Frontier Railway NFR Guwahati 3,907 690₹21,079 million (US$330 million) 88 Alipurduar, Katihar, Rangiya, Lumding, Tinsukia[13]
04. Eastern Railway ER Kolkata 2,414 576₹37,254 million (US$580 million) 1,173 Howrah,[14] Sealdah,[15] Asansol,[16] Malda [17]
05. South Eastern Railway SER Kolkata 2,631 353₹73,721 million (US$1.1 billion) 263 Adra,[18] Chakradharpur,[19] Kharagpur,[20] Ranchi[21]
06. South Central Railway SCR Secunderabad 6,137 883₹89,114 million (US$1.4 billion) 378 Secunderabad,[22] Hyderabad,[23] Vijayawada,[24]Guntakal,[25] Guntur,[26] Nanded[27]
07. Southern Railway SR Chennai 3,037 571₹25,413 million (US$400 million) 406 Chennai,[28] Tiruchirappalli,[29] Madurai,[30]
08. Central Railway CR Mumbai 3,905 612₹75,447 million (US$1.2 billion) 1,675 Mumbai,[31] Bhusawal,[32] Pune,[33] Solapur,[34] Nagpur[35]
09. Western Railway WR Mumbai 6,182 1046₹82,167 million (US$1.3 billion) 1,654 Mumbai WR,[36] Ratlam,[37] Ahmedabad, Rajkot,[38] Bhavnagar,[39] Vadodara[40]
10. South Western Railway SWR Hubballi 3,177 456₹26,384 million (US$410 million) 181 Hubballi,[41] Bengaluru,[42] Mysuru,[43]
11. North Western Railway NWR Jaipur 5,459 663₹36,240 million (US$570 million) 157 Jaipur,[44] Ajmer,[45] Bikaner,[46] Jodhpur [47]
12. West Central Railway WCR Jabalpur 2,965 372₹65,135 million (US$1.0 billion) 138 Jabalpur,[48] Bhopal,[49] Kota[50]
13. North Central Railway NCR Allahabad 3,151 435₹87,796 million (US$1.4 billion) 182 Allahabad,[51] Agra,[52] Jhansi [53]
14. South East Central Railway SECR Bilaspur 2,447 358₹63,402 million (US$990 million) 126 Bilaspur,[54] Raipur,[55] Nagpur SEC[56]
15. East Coast Railway ECoR Bhubaneswar 2,572 342₹87,884 million (US$1.4 billion) 86 Khurda Road,[57] Sambalpur,[58] Waltair[59]
16. East Central Railway ECR Hajipur 3,628 800₹59,386 million (US$930 million) 222 Danapur,[60] Dhanbad,[61] Mughalsarai,[62] Samastipur,[63] Sonpur[64]
17. Konkan Railway KRCL Navi Mumbai 736 123₹7,410 million (US$120 million) NA Ratnagiri, Karwar
18. West Coast Railway WCoR Palakkad 2,061 319₹21,650 million (US$340 million) 395 Palakkad,[65] Salem,[66] Thiruvananthapuram[67]
19. Metro Railway MTP Kolkata 130 75₹348 million (US$5.4 million)[68] 183[69] NA

Organisation

A typical division has an average track length of about 1,000 km (620 mi) and staff strength of about 15,000. All the departments and services of the Indian Railways are represented in a Division.[70][71][72][73]

Sl. No Name of Department Headed by Abbre. Role and function
1. Engineering Department Senior Divisional Engineer Sr.DEN Maintenance of all fixed assets of the Division, i.e. Track, Bridges, Buildings, Roads, Water supply etc.
2. Mechanical Engineering & Power (Transportation) Department Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer Sr.DME Maintenance of all rolling stock of the@ Division (except electric locos and EMU/MEMUs), i.e. locomotives, passenger and freight cars; and technical super etc.
3. Electrical Engineering Department Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer Sr.DEE Maintenance of all electric locomotives, EMUs/MEMUs and fixed electrical assets of the Division, i.e. Overhead equipment, lighting and power for railway establishments etc.
4. 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;
5. Operating and Traffic (Transportation) Department Senior Divisional Operations Manager Sr.DOM Train operations
6. Commercial Department Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Sr.DCM Passenger ticketing, ticket checking, booking of freight rakes and collecting fares
7. Medical Department Chief Medical Superintendent CMS Providing medical facilities to railway employees and their families
8. Safety Department Senior Divisional Safety Officer Sr.DSO Ensuring safety of train operations
9. Stores Department Senior Divisional Controller of Stores Sr. DCOS Ensuring material for maintenance of trains (material for all departments except the Engineering Department)
10. Accounts Department Senior Divisional Finance Manager Sr. DFM Financial management of the division
11. Personnel Department Senior Divisional Personnel Officer Sr. DPO HR functions
12. Security Department Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Sr. DSC Security of railway material, passenger and passenger belongings

Control Room

Every division has a Control Room for train operations, from where all the trains in the division are controlled and monitored.

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 Manager of Engineering (SrDME) of the Division, who is also the head of Division.

Locomotive Sheds

The Diesel Locomotive Sheds and Electric Locomotive Sheds on 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.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Organization Structure" (PDF). Indian Railways. 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Indian Railways Report" (PDF). Indian Railways. 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "All India and Zone-wise Passengers / Goods Carried And Earnings Derived By Railways" (xls). report. Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  5. ↑ "Delhi Railway Division". Railway Board. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ambala Railway Division". Railway Board. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Firozpur Railway Division". Railway Board. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lucknow Railway Division". Railway Board. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Moradabad Railway Division". Railway Board. Northern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Izzatnagar Railway Division". Railway Board. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Lucknow Railway Division". Railway Board. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Varanasi Railway Division". Railway Board. North Eastern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Northeast Frontier Railway Division". Railway Board. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Howrah Railway Division". Railway Board. Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Sealdah Railway Division". Railway Board. Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Asansol Railway Division". Railway Board. Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Malda Railway Division". Railway Board. Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Adra Railway Division". Railway Board. South Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Chakradharpur Railway Division". Railway Board. South Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "Adra Railway Division". Railway Board. South Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  21. ↑ "Adra Railway Division". Railway Board. South Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "Secunderabad Railway Division". Railway Board. South Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  23. ↑ "Hyderabad Railway Division". Railway Board. South Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Vijayawada Railway Division". Railway Board. South Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "Guntakal Railway Division". Railway Board. South Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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  27. ↑ "Nanded Railway Division". Railway Board. South Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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  30. ↑ "Madurai Railway Division". Railway Board. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  31. ↑ "Mumbai Railway Division". Railway Board. Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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  33. ↑ "Pune Railway Division". Railway Board. Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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  35. ↑ "Nagpur Railway Division". Railway Board. Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  36. ↑ "Mumbai WR Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  37. ↑ "Ratlam Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  38. ↑ "Rajkot Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  39. ↑ "Bhavnagar Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  40. ↑ "Vadodara Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  41. ↑ "Hubballi Railway Division". Railway Board. South Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  42. ↑ "Bangalore Railway Division". Railway Board. South Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  43. ↑ "Mysore Railway Division". Railway Board. South Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  44. ↑ "Jaipur Railway Division". Railway Board. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  45. ↑ "Ajmer Railway Division". Railway Board. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  46. ↑ "Bikaner Railway Division". Railway Board. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  47. ↑ "Jodhpur Railway Division". Railway Board. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  48. ↑ "Jabalpur Railway Division". Railway Board. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  49. ↑ "Bhopal Railway Division". Railway Board. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  50. ↑ "Kota Railway Division". Railway Board. North Western Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  51. ↑ "Allahabad Railway Division". Railway Board. North Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  52. ↑ "Agra Railway Division". Railway Board. North Central Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  53. ↑ "Jhansi Railway Division". Railway Board. North Central Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  54. ↑ "Bilaspur Railway Division". Railway Board. South East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  55. ↑ "Raipur Railway Division". Railway Board. South East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  56. ↑ "Nagpur SEC Railway Division". Railway Board. South East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  57. ↑ "Khurda Road Railway Division". Railway Board. East Coast Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  58. ↑ "Sambalpur Railway Division". Railway Board. East Coast Railway zone. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  59. ↑ "Waltair Railway Division". Railway Board. East Coast Railway zone. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  60. ↑ "Danapur Railway Division". Railway Board. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  61. ↑ "Dhanbad Railway Division". Railway Board. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  62. ↑ "Mughalsari Railway Division". Railway Board. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  63. ↑ "Samastipur Railway Division". Railway Board. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  64. ↑ "Sonpur Railway Division". Railway Board. East Central Railway zone. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  65. ↑ "Palakkad Railway Division". Railway Board. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  66. ↑ "Salem Railway Division". Railway Board. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  67. ↑ "Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division". Railway Board. Southern Railway zone. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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