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S.No Name Abbr. Headquarters Date of Establishment 1. Northern Railway NR Delhi April 14, 1952 2. North Eastern Railway NER Gorakhpur 1952 3. Northeast Frontier Railway NFR Maligaon (Guwahati) 1958 4. Eastern Railway ER Kolkata April 14, 1952 5. South Eastern Railway SER Kolkata 1955 6. South Central Railway SCR Secunderabad Oct' 2, 1966 7. Southern Railway SR Chennai April 14, 1951 8. Central Railway CR Mumbai Nov' 5, 1951 9. Western Railway WR Mumbai Nov' 5, 1951 10. South Western Railway SWR Hubli April 1, 2003 11. North Western Railway NWR Jaipur Oct' 1, 2002 12. West Central Railway WCR Jabalpur April 1, 2003 13. North Central Railway NCR Allahabad April 1, 2003 14. South East Central Railway SECR Bilaspur, CG April 1, 2003 15. East Coast Railway ECoR Bhubaneswar April 1, 2003 16. East Central Railway ECR Hajipur Oct' 1, 2002 17. Konkan Railway KR Navi Mumbai Jan' 26, 1998
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Sl. NoNameAbbr.Date EstablishedRoute KMsHeadquartersDivisions1.CentralCR1951-11-053905MumbaiMumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur, Nagpur2.East CentralECR2002-10-013628HajipurDanapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur3.East CoastECoR2003-04-012572BhubaneswarKhurda Road, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam4.EasternER1952-042414KolkataHowrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda5.North CentralNCR2003-04-013151AllahabadAllahabad, Agra, Jhansi6.North EasternNER19523667GorakhpurIzzatnagar, Lucknow, Varanasi7.North WesternNWR2002-10-015459JaipurJaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur8.Northeast FrontierNFR1958-01-153907GuwahatiAlipurduar, Katihar, Rangia, Lumding, Tinsukia9.NorthernNR1952-04-146968DelhiDelhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad10.South CentralSCR1966-10-025803SecunderabadSecunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Vijayawada11.South East CentralSECR2003-04-012447BilaspurBilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur12.South EasternSER19552631KolkataAdra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi13.South WesternSWR2003-04-013177HubliHubli, Bangalore, Mysore14.SouthernSR1951-04-0145098ChennaiChennai, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)15.West CentralWCR2003-04-012965JabalpurJabalpur, Bhopal, Kota16.WesternWR1951-11-056182MumbaiMumbai Central, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Vadodara
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Where is the biggest railway station in India?
Kharagpur JunctionGorakhpur railway station is the largest railway platform.
Where is India rail located in India?
The Indian Railway runs all throughout India. It is one of the world's largest railway systems with 71,000 miles of track and transporting 25 million passengers daily.
What is the second longest railway platform in the world?
Platform Kollam Junction(1,180.5 m), India is the second largest railway Platform in the World.
Biggest railway station in India?
Following are the longest railway stations in India. Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh, India which is 1,366.33 m (4,483 ft) long. Kharagpur, West Bengal, India that is 1,072.5 m (3,519 ft) long. Kollam Junction, Kerala, India that is 1,180.5 m (3,873 ft) long.
Which is smallest railway junction of India?
The largest railway junction in India is Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. second largest is not a one but there are three competitors for this rank i.e. Mughal sarai, Kharagpur and Itarsi stations.
Where would you find the Central Railway zone?
The Cetral Railway zone is located in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is the largest of all of the Indian Railway zones and its headquarters is located in Mumbai.
What is the largest zone in Indian railways?
Northern Railway.
Where is the biggest railway station in India?
Kharagpur JunctionGorakhpur railway station is the largest railway platform.
Who is the largest railway plateform in India?
gorakhpur (u.p)
Which is the two largest railway platform in India?
Kharagpur, Bhopal
Who was an Italian traveller to India?
Which country has world's largest railway network
Where is India rail located in India?
The Indian Railway runs all throughout India. It is one of the world's largest railway systems with 71,000 miles of track and transporting 25 million passengers daily.
What is the second longest railway platform in the world?
Platform Kollam Junction(1,180.5 m), India is the second largest railway Platform in the World.
Biggest railway station in India?
Following are the longest railway stations in India. Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh, India which is 1,366.33 m (4,483 ft) long. Kharagpur, West Bengal, India that is 1,072.5 m (3,519 ft) long. Kollam Junction, Kerala, India that is 1,180.5 m (3,873 ft) long.
When was Central Railway Zone created?
Central Railway Zone was created in 1951.
When was Southern Railway Zone created?
Southern Railway Zone was created in 1951.
Which is the longest railway platform in India?
Gorakhpur railway station is the largest railway station in India. This railway station became the Worldâ??s largest railway platform on October 6, 2013. It also offers a class A station facilities.
