ZONES AND DIVISIONS OF INDIAN RAILWAYS

Indian Railways is divided into 18 zones, which are further divided into divisions. Each
zone is headed by a General Manager, who is responsible for the overall management
of the zone, while each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), who
is responsible for the management of the division. Here are the 18 zones and their
respective headquarters:

1. Central Railway - Mumbai

2. Eastern Railway - Kolkata
3. East Central Railway - Hajipur
4. East Coast Railway - Bhubaneswar
5. Northern Railway - New Delhi
6. North Central Railway - Allahabad
7. North Eastern Railway - Gorakhpur
8. Northeast Frontier Railway - Maligaon (Guwahati)
9. North Western Railway - Jaipur
10. South Central Railway - Secunderabad
11. South Eastern Railway - Kolkata
12. South East Central Railway - Bilaspur
13. South Western Railway - Hubli
14. Southern Railway - Chennai
15. West Central Railway - Jabalpur
16. Western Railway - Mumbai
17. Metro Railway, Kolkata - Kolkata
18. Konkan Railway - Navi Mumbai

Each division is responsible for the management of a specific geographical area, which
includes railway stations, tracks, and rolling stock within its jurisdiction. The number of
divisions varies for each zone, depending on the size and complexity of the railway
network in that zone. In total, Indian Railways has 70 divisions across the 18 zones.

Indian Railways is divided into 18 zones and 70 divisions. Here are the names of
the divisions:

Central Railway:

1. Mumbai
2. Bhusawal
3. Nagpur
4. Pune
5. Solapur

Eastern Railway:

1. Howrah
2. Sealdah
3. Asansol
4. Malda
5. Chittaranjan

East Central Railway:

1. Danapur
2. Dhanbad
3. Mughalsarai
4. Samastipur
5. Sonpur

East Coast Railway:

1. Khurda Road
2. Sambalpur
3. Waltair

Northern Railway:

1. Delhi
2. Ambala
3. Firozpur
4. Lucknow
5. Moradabad

North Central Railway:

1. Allahabad
2. Agra
3. Jhansi

North Eastern Railway:

1. Izzatnagar
2. Lucknow
3. Varanasi

Northeast Frontier Railway:

1. Alipurduar
2. Katihar
3. Lumding
4. Rangiya
5. Tinsukia

North Western Railway:

1. Jaipur
2. Ajmer
3. Bikaner
4. Jodhpur

South Central Railway:

1. Secunderabad
2. Hyderabad
3. Guntakal
4. Guntur
5. Nanded

South Eastern Railway:

1. Adra
2. Chakradharpur
3. Kharagpur
4. Ranchi
 South East Central Railway:

1. Bilaspur
2. Nagpur
3. Raipur

South Western Railway:

1. Hubli
2. Bangalore
3. Mysore

Southern Railway:

1. Chennai
2. Madurai
3. Palakkad
4. Salem
5. Thiruvananthapuram

West Central Railway:

1. Bhopal
2. Jabalpur
3. Kota

Western Railway:

1. Mumbai Central
2. Ahmedabad
3. Ratlam
4. Rajkot
5. Vadodara

Metro Railway, Kolkata:

1. Kolkata Metro
 Konkan Railway:

1. Ratnagiri
2. Karwar
3. Udupi

Each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), who is

responsible for the management of the division. The divisions are responsible for
the maintenance and operation of the railway infrastructure within their
respective jurisdictions.