Indian Railways divides its operations into zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. There are a total of 18 zones (including Metro Railway, Kolkata) and 68 Divisions on the Indian Railway System.
S/No. | Name of the Railway Zone | Zonal Headquarter | Division |
1 | Central Railway | Mumbai | 1) Mumbai 2) Nagpur 3) Bhusawal 4) Pune 5) Sholapur |
2 | Eastern Railway | Kolkata | 1) Howrah-I 2) Howrah-II 3) Sealdah 4) Malda 5) Asansol 6) Chitaranjan 7) Kolkata Metro |
3 | East Central Railway | Hajipur | 1) Danapur 2) Mugalsarai 3) Dhanbad 4) Sonpur 5) Samastipur |
4 | East Coast Railway | Bhubaneshwar | 1) Khurda Road 2) Waltair 3) Sambhalpur |
5 | Northern Railway | Baroda House, New Delhi | 1) Delhi-I 2) Delhi-II 3) Ambala 4) Moradabad 5) Lucknow 6) Firozpur |
6 | North Central Railway | Allahabad | 1) Allahabad 2) Jhansi 3) Agra |
7 | North Eastern Railway | Gorakhpur | 1) Izzatnagar 2) Lucknow 3) Varanasi 4) DLW |
8 | North Frontier Railway | Maligaon, Guwahati | 1) Katihar 2) Alipurduar 3) Rangiya 4) Lumding 5) Tinsukhia |
9 | North Western Railway | Jaipur | 1) Jaipur 2) Jodhpur 3) Bikaner 4) Ajmer |
10 | Southern Railway | Chennai | 1) Chennai 2) Madurai 3) Palghat 4) Trichy 5) Trivendrum |
11 | South Central Railway | Secunderabad | 1) Secunderabad 2) Hyderabad 3) Guntakal 4) Vijaywada 5) Nanded |
12 | South Eastern Railway | Garden Reach, Kolkata | 1) Kharagpur 2) Adra 3) Chakradharpur 4) Ranchi 5) Shalimar |
13 | South East Central Railway | Bilaspur | 1) Bilaspur 2) Nagpur 3) Raipur |
14 | South Western Railway | Hubli | 1) Bangalore 2) Mysore 3) Hubli 4) RWF/YNK |
15 | Western Railway | Churchgate | 1) BCT 2) Vadodara 3) Ahemdabad 4) Ratlam 5) Rajkot 6) Bhavnagar |
16 | West Central Railway | Jabalpur | 1) Jabalpur 2) Bhopal 3) Kota |