Indian Railway Zones

                    Indian  Railways
Indian Railway zonesrailway network in Asia and fourth largest   in the world. The first railway line was opened in 1853 between Bombay to Thane.
It covered a distance of 34 km.
    The mascot of Indian Railwayis Bholu the guard elephant. The Railways operate in the three different gauges. Broad Gauge, Metre Gauge, Narrow Gauge.
   Indian Railways are divided into 18 zones.

Railway Zone                  Headquarters

  1. Eastern Railway ---        Kolkata
  2. South Eastern Railway ---- Kolkata
  3. Central Railway ----           Mumbai
  4. East Central Railway ------     Hajipur
  5. Northern Railway   ------       New Delhi
  6. North Eastern Railway -----                 Gorakhpur
  7. North East Frontier Railway --- MLlgaon 
  8. Southern Railway --                    Chennai
  9. South Central.     ----                Secunderabad
  10. Western Railway   ------       Mumbai Churchgate
  11. North Western Railway ------ Jaipur
  12. East Coast  Railway -----    Bhubaneswar
  13. Southern Western Rail -------    Hubli
  14. South East Central Railway ----- Bilaspur
  15. North Central  Railway -----              Allahabad
  16. West Central        ------.       Jabalpur
  17. Kolkata Metro ---- Kolkata
  18. South Cost ----- Vishakhapatnam 

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