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In 1944, all the railway companies in existence at the time were taken over by the Government. [12] In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organizing Indian Railways into six regional zones which were divided subsequently to create newer zones.
This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total. C. Central Railway zone (5 C, 9 P) E. ... Pages in category "Zones of Indian Railways"
Southern Railway was created on 14 April 1951 by merging three state railways, namely, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway Company, and the Mysore State Railway and became the first railway zone created in newly formed India. Southern Railway maintains about 5,081 km (3,157 mi) of railway lines and operates 727 ...
Central Railway (abbreviated CR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. [1] Its headquarters are located at Mumbai . [ 2 ] It has the distinction of operating the first passenger railway line in India , which opened from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853 (171 years ago) ( 1853-04-16 ) .
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a deparmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. [ a ] As of 2023 [update] , it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a track length of 132,310 km (82,210 mi), running track ...
This article lists conventional railway lines of India. ... [18] Jodhpur–Jaisalmer ... Northeast Frontier Railway East Zone: 2023 15 km (9.3 mi)
The North Central Railway (abbreviated NCR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India.The largest railway station in NCR is Kanpur Central.It is headquartered at Prayagraj and comprises three divisions: Prayagraj, Jhansi, and Agra of the erstwhile Northern Railway, Jhansi division of the erstwhile Central Railway, and new Agra division.
Extent of the Indian railway network in 1909. Officially notified as a new railway zone on 14 April 1952, its origin goes back to 3 March 1859. On 14 April 1952, the Northern Railway zone was created by merging Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway, Eastern Punjab Railway and three divisions of the East Indian Railway north-west of Mughalsarai (Uttar Pradesh).