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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 November 2024. Indian Railways organisation Railway Recruitment Control Board Company type Civil Service and Engineering Recruitment Agency Group C Group D Industry Indian Railways Founded 27 April 1998 ; 26 years ago (1998-04-27) Headquarters India Area served India Services Indian Railways Civil ...
The Western Railway (abbreviated WR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Mumbai Central – Ratlam , Mumbai Central– Ahmedabad and Palanpur –Ahmedabad.
This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at Mumbai Central in the state of Maharashtra of India. Vadodara railway division , Ahmedabad railway division , Bhavnagar railway division , Rajkot railway division and Ratlam railway division are the other five railway divisions under WR Zone headquartered at ...
The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India, headquartered at Hubballi in Karnataka State. SWR was created from carving out the routes from Southern Railways , South Central Railways and Central Railways in 2003.
The West Central Railway (abbreviated WCR), one of the 19 zones of the Indian Railways, came into existence on 1 April 2003. It is headquartered at Jabalpur . It was created by taking away two divisions namely Bhopal division and Jabalpur division from central railways and one division namely Kota division from Western Railway zone .
As of 27 March 2012, the Western line has approximately 1,290 local services running which carry about 3.55 million commuters every day. [20] These 1290 local services are operated using 80 trains. [21] Western Railways' EMUs are in 12 car and 15 car formations. [22] The first 9-car service on the Western line ran on 2 March 1961.
A station named 'Dadur' existed on the first suburban train service of the erstwhile BB&CI Railway (today's Western Railway), when it began the service on 12 April 1867, suggesting the WR side station was established sometime in the 1860s. The express train Terminus on Central line side was constructed and opened on 1968. [4]
Surat Railway Station (Code: ST) [1] is a major railway station serving Surat, beside Gothangam, Kosad, Utran, Udhna Junction, Bhestan, Niyol and Sachin. It is under the administrative control of the Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Surat is A1 – category railway station of Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways.