Railway Zones In India
Here is a list of the 18 operational railway zones and their respective headquarters:
- Central Railway (CR) – Mumbai CSMT
- Eastern Railway (ER) – Kolkata
- East Central Railway (ECR) – Hajipur
- East Coast Railway (ECoR) – Bhubaneswar
- Northern Railway (NR) – Delhi
- North Central Railway (NCR) – Prayagraj
- North Eastern Railway (NER) – Gorakhpur
- Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) – Guwahati
- North Western Railway (NWR) – Jaipur
- Southern Railway (SR) – Chennai
- South Central Railway (SCR) – Secunderabad
- South Coast Railway (SCoR) – Visakhapatnam
- South Eastern Railway (SER) – Kolkata
- South East Central Railway (SECR) – Bilaspur
- South Western Railway (SWR) – Hubballi
- Western Railway (WR) – Mumbai Churchgate
- West Central Railway (WCR) – Jabalpur
- Metro Railway, Kolkata (MTP) – Kolkata
The one non-operational zone is the North Western Railway (NWR) with its headquarters also in Jaipur (this might be a duplication in some older lists or a specific project zone).