All about headquarters and divisions of the Indian railway Zones
Zones or Regional Indian Railways is divided for administrative convenience into several states.
After 9 Zones since Railway Reforms 7 New zones have been created, giving a total of 16. In 2010.
Deemed zones:
- Kolkata Metro (given zonal status Dec. 29, 2010)
- Konkan Railway (deemed a zone for administrative purposes)
Through following Table easy to understand:
| Zone | Headquarters | Divisions |
| New zones that started in April 2003 | ||
| East Coast Railway | Bhubaneshwar | Khurda Road, Waltair, and Sambalpur divisions of SER |
| South Western Railway | Hubli | Bangalore and Mysore divisions of SR, reorganized Hubli division of SCR, including Hospet-Toranagal. (Earlier constituted to have Guntakal division of SCR as well.) |
| West Central Railway | Jabalpur | Jabalpur and Bhopal divisions of CR, reorganized Kota division of WR |
| North Central Railway | Allahabad | Reorganized divisions: Allahabad of NR, Jhansi of CR, and new Agra division |
| South East Central Railway | Bilaspur | Nagpur division and reorganized Bilaspur division of SER, new Raipur division |
| New zones that were created in 2002 | ||
| North Western Railway | Jaipur | Jodhpur division and reorganized Bikaner division of NR, reorganized Jaipur and Ajmer divisions of WR |
| East Central Railway | Hajipur | Sonpur and Samastipur divisions of NER, Danapur, Mughalsarai, and Dhanbad divisions of ER. (Was earlier constituted to have Katihar division of NFR as well.) |
| Old zones as they are after April 2003 | ||
| Western Railway | Mumbai | Bhavnagar and Mumbai divisions, reorganized Ratlam, Rajkot and Vadodara divisions, new Ahmedabad division |
| Central Railway | Mumbai | Bhusawal and Nagpur divisions, reorganized Mumbai CST and Solapur divisions, new Pune division (including Pune-Kolhapur) |
| Eastern Railway | Kolkata | Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol divisions |
| Southern Railway | Chennai | Chennai, Palghat, Tiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, and Madurai divisions (a Salem division has been proposed [7/06]) |
| Northern Railway | New Delhi/Delhi | Ferozpur, Ambala, Lucknow and Moradabad divisions, reorganized Delhi division |
| North Eastern Railway | Gorakhpur | Lucknow and Varanasi divisions, reorganized Izzatnagar division |
| South Central Railway | Secunderabad | Reorganized Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal (including Bellary-Guntakal (MG) and Bellary-Rayadurg), and Vijayawada divisions, new Guntur and Nanded divisions. |
| South Eastern Railway | Kolkata | Kharagpur division, reorganized Adra and Chakradharpur divisions, new Ranchi division |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | Guwahati | Katihar, Lumding, Tinsukia divisions, reorganized Alipurduar division, new Rangiya division |
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All about headquarters and divisions of the Indian railway Zones