{"id":172070,"date":"2025-05-16T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=172070"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:32:18","slug":"railway-zones-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/railway-zones-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Railway Zones In India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is a list of the 18 operational railway zones and their respective headquarters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Central Railway (CR)<\/strong> &#8211; Mumbai CSMT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eastern Railway (ER)<\/strong> &#8211; Kolkata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>East Central Railway (ECR)<\/strong> &#8211; Hajipur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>East Coast Railway (ECoR)<\/strong> &#8211; Bhubaneswar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Northern Railway (NR)<\/strong> &#8211; Delhi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>North Central Railway (NCR)<\/strong> &#8211; Prayagraj<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>North Eastern Railway (NER)<\/strong> &#8211; Gorakhpur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)<\/strong> &#8211; Guwahati<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>North Western Railway (NWR)<\/strong> &#8211; Jaipur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Southern Railway (SR)<\/strong> &#8211; Chennai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>South Central Railway (SCR)<\/strong> &#8211; Secunderabad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>South Coast Railway (SCoR)<\/strong> &#8211; Visakhapatnam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>South Eastern Railway (SER)<\/strong> &#8211; Kolkata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>South East Central Railway (SECR)<\/strong> &#8211; Bilaspur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>South Western Railway (SWR)<\/strong> &#8211; Hubballi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Western Railway (WR)<\/strong> &#8211; Mumbai Churchgate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>West Central Railway (WCR)<\/strong> &#8211; Jabalpur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Metro Railway, Kolkata (MTP)<\/strong> &#8211; 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