Indian Railways Zone list and some important poins.




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Indian Railway Zonal headquarters.

 1)    East railway zone.                  =      Kolkata.


 2)   West railway zone.                 =     Mumbai Church gate.

 3)   North railway zone.                    =    Delhi.

 4)   South railway zone.                       = Chennai.

 5)   Central railway zone.                      = Mumbai VT.

 6)   East middle railway zone.              =  Hajipur.

 7)   West middle railway zone.              =  Jabalpur.

 8)   North middle railway zone.            = Allahabad.

 9)   South middle railway zone.            = Sikandrabad.

10South-east middle railway zone.  = Bilaspur. 

11)  North-east railway zone.                =  Gorakhpur.

12South-east railway zone.               = Kolkata.

13)  North-west railway zone.               =  Jaipur.

14)  South-west railway zone.               =    Hubli.

15)  Kolkata metro railway zone.          =  Kolkata.

16)  East coast railway zone.                  = Bhubneshwar 

17)  Northeast Frontier Railway zone.   =  Maligaon 


In Map, we can also locate 17 zones of India as follows -




Indian railway zone photo


Some Railway Important points.


   * First India's rail proposals were made in Madras in 1832.

  * In India, Industrial Train was started in 1837 for Industrial transportation such as stone for the Road-building, Dam construction, Supply of Cotton and etc. 

  * First Train ran between Red Hills to Chintadripet bridge in 1837. 





  * In India First Passenger Train was started on 16 April 1853.

  * So in India, we celebrate Railway day on 16 April.


  * There are seventeen (17) rail zonal headquarters in India.

  * The first Passenger train in India ran between Bombay(Bori Bunder) to Thane on 16thApril 1853 for 34kilometer with 400 passengers in 14 carriages.

 * India's First railway Bridge, was built over the Ulhas River in May 1854 when Mumbai to Thane extend to Kalyan (Mumbai-Kalyan).  

  * The first passenger train in Eastern India's ran between Howrah to Hoogly on 15th August 1854 for 39 kilometer.

* The first passenger train in South India's ran between Royapuram(Madras) to Wallajah Road on 1st July 1856 for 97kilometer.

* The first Electic passenger train in India ran between Victoriya Terminus(Maharashtra) to Kurla on 3 February 1925.

* The re-organization of railways in India into regional Zones began in 1951.

* First India's metro train ran between Esplanade to Bhowanipur(Netaji Bhawan Station) in  Calcutta on 24th October 1984.




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