Established Year Of Indian Railways Headquarters In India

Zone wise Established Year Of Indian Railways Headquarters In India 

Indian Railways

First train in India was started on a small rail route of 34 kilometers between Bombay and Thane on 16 April 1853. But now things are different from the past and at present , the Indian railways consist of an extensive network that spreads over 64460 km comprising Broad Gauge 55188 km long , Meter gauge 6809 km and narrow gauge 2463 km. With such a huge infrastructure the Indian Railways network has become the biggest railway of Asia continent and the third highest in World. When railways network has reached in every corner of the country near about 30% of the route kilometers, 41% of running track kilometers and 43 % of total track kilometers has been electrified.

Indian Railways absorb about 41% of the total central government employees which is highest in any public sector in India. At present Indian Railways is divided in 17 zones and here is the complete list of them along with their established year.

S.No.	Name of the Zone	Headquarters	Date with Established Year
1	Central Railway	Mumbai V.T.	5 November ,1951
2	Eastern Railway	Kolkata	1 August ,1955
3	Northern Railway	New Delhi	4 April ,1952
4	North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur	4 April ,1952
5	Northeast Frontier Railway	Maligaon-Guwahati	15 January ,1958
6	Southern Railway	Chennai	14 April ,1951
7	South Central Railway	Secundrabad	2 October ,1966
8	South Eastern Railway	Kolkata	1 August ,1955
9	Western Railway	Mumbai-Churchgate	5 November ,1951
10	East Central Railway	Hazipur	5 November ,1951
11	East Coast Railway	Bhubaneshwar	1 April ,2003
12	North Central Railway	Allahabad	1 April ,2003
13	North Western Railway	Jaipur	1 October ,2002
14	South East Central Railway	Bilaspur	5 April ,2003
15	South Western Railway	Hubli	1 April ,2003
16	West Central Railway	Jabalpur	1 April ,2003
17	Kolkata Metro Rail Zone	Kolkata	30 December ,2010