Railway Divisions in India

Indian Railways is divided into 69 division. Each of the divisions is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), who reports to the General Manager (GM) of the zone. A DRM can be appointed for the tenure of three years, but it can be exceeded on the recommendation of Railway Board. The DRM is assisted by one or two Additional Divisional Railway Managers (ADRM) in the working of the division. Divisional officers heading all departments viz. engineering, mechanical, electrical, signal and telecommunication, accounts, personnel, operating, commercial, safety, medical, security branches report to the Divisional Railway Manager.

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Division

Zone

Headquarters

1

South Eastern Railway

Adra Purulia West Bengal

2

North Central Railway

Agra, Uttar Pradesh

3

Western Railway

Ahmedabad Gujarat

4

North Western Railway

Ajmer, Rajasthan

5

Northeast Frontier Railway

Alipurduar, West Bengal

6

Northern Railway

Ambala, Punjab

7

Eastern Railway

Asansol West Bengal

8

South Western Railway

Bengaluru, Karnataka

9

Western Railway

Bhavnagar Gujarat

10

West Central Railway

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

11

Central Railway

Bhusawal, Maharashtra

12

North Western Railway

Bikaner, Rajasthan

13

South East Central Railway

Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

14

South Eastern Railway

Chakradharpur (West Singhbhum), Jharkhand

15

East Central Railway

Danapur, Patna, Bihar

16

Northern Railway

New Delhi, India

17

East Central Railway

Dhanbad, Jharkhand

18

Northern Railway

Firozpur, Punjab

19

South Coast Railway

Guntakal, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

20

South Coast Railway

Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India

21

Eastern Railway

Howrah, West Bengal

22

South Central Railway

Hyderabad, Telangana

23

North Eastern Railway

Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh

24

West Central Railway

Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

25

North Western Railway

Jaipur, Rajasthan

26

Northern Railway

Jammu, J&K

27

North Western Railway

Jodhpur, Rajasthan

28

Northeast Frontier Railway

Katihar, Bihar

29

South Eastern Railway

Kharagpur, West Bengal

30

East Coast Railway

Khurda Road, Khordha, Odisha

31

West Central Railway

Kota, Rajasthan

32

Northern Railway

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

33

Northeast Frontier Railway

Lumding, Nagaon, Assam

34

Southern Railway

Madurai Tamil Nadu

35

Eastern Railway

Malda West Bengal

36

Southern Railway

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

37

Northern Railway

Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh

38

Central Railway

Mumbai Maharashtra

39

Western Railway

Mumbai Maharashtra

40

South Western Railway

Mysore, Karnataka

41

South East Central Railway

Nagpur, Maharashtra

42

South Central Railway

Nanded, Maharashtra, India

43

Southern Railway

Palakkad, Kerala

44

North Central Railway

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

45

East Central Railway

Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Chandauli, UP

46

Central Railway

Pune, Maharashtra

47

South East Central Railway

Raipur, Chhattisgarh

48

Western Railway

Rajkot Gujarat

49

South Eastern Railway

Ranchi Jharkhand

50

Northeast Frontier Railway

Rangia, Kamrup, Assam

51

Western Railway

Ratlam Madhya Pradesh

52

Konkan

53

Southern Railway

Salem, Tamil Nadu

54

East Central Railway

Samastipur, Darbhanga, Bihar

55

East Coast Railway

Sambalpur, Western Odisha

56

Eastern Railway

Kolkata, West Bengal

57

South Central Railway

Secunderabad, Telangana

58

Central Railway

Solapur, Maharashtra

59

East Central Railway

Sonpur, Saran, Bihar

60

South Western Railway

Hubballi, Karnataka

61

Southern Railway

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

62

Northeast Frontier Railway

Tinsukia, Assam, India

63

Southern Railway

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

64

Western Railway

Vadodara, Gujarat

65

North Eastern Railway

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

66

South Coast Railway

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

67

North Central Railway

Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

68

South Coast Railway

Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

69

East Coast Railway

Rayagada, Odisha