Railway Zones

Indian Railways is divided into 18 zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions. The number of zones in Indian Railways increased from six to eight in 1951.

List of IR Zones

S#

Zone

Abbr.

Route

HQ

Divisions

1

CR

3,905km

Mumbai

2

ECR

3,628km

Hajipur

3

ECoR

2,572km

Bhubaneswar

4

ER

2,414km

Kolkata

5

KR

736km

Navi Mumbai

6

NCR

3,151km

Allahabad

7

NER

3,667km

Gorakhpur

8

NWR

5,459km

Jaipur

9

NFR

3,907km

Guwahati

10

NR

6,968km

Delhi

11

SCR

5,803km

Secunderabad

12

SCoR

Vishakapatnam

13

SECR

2,447km

Bilaspur

14

SER

2,631km

Kolkata

15

SWR

3,177km

Hubli

16

SR

6,844km

Chennai

17

WCR

2,965km

Jabalpur

18

WR

6,182km

Mumbai