Jammu is to be the 69th Railway Division of the Indian Railway
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The Union Ministry of Railways will set up its 69 railway division at Jammu under the Northern Railway Zone.This was intimated to the Northern Zone by the ministry in its official communication issued by the ministry on 1st January 2025 as reported by Akashvani(formerly All India Radio).
Currently, the Indian Railways has 68 divisions and when the notification is issued by the Indian Railways, Jammu will be the 69th division of the Indian Railways.
India has the fourth largest rail network in the world after the United States of America, China, and Russia.
However, the Indian railways is the world's largest railway system under single management and the largest employer with around 1.25 million employees.
To manage the vast network the Indian Railway has divided its operation into 17 Zones and within the Zones the network is divided into divisions. Northern Zone is the largest zone of the Indian railways.
About Proposed Jammu Division
The Jammu Division will be under the Northern Railway Zone. It will be formed by reorganising the existing Firzorpur division and it will manage the 742.1 km network.
The proposed Jammu division will include five sections: Pathankot-Jammu-Udhampur (now martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan), Srinagar-Baramulla, Bhogpur Sirwal-Pathankot, Batala (excluding)-Pathankot, and Pathankot-Joginder Nagar.
Status of Konkan Railway and South Coast Railway Zone
Konkan Railway is managed by the Konkan Railways Corporation Limited and it is owned by the Indian Railways, Government of Maharashtra, Government of Karnataka, Government of Goa and Government of Kerala.
It operates a 741-kilometre line connecting Mumbai to Mangalore.
It is not considered as an operational zone of the Indian railways.
South Coast Railway Zone
In 2019 the then Railway Minister Piyush Goel announced the establishment of a new Railway Zone in Andhra Pradesh as per the provision of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014,
The proposed new railway zone will be called as South Coast Railway Zone with its headquarter at Vishakhapatnam.
Till date no notification has been issued by the Indian railway for the establishment of the South Coast Railway Zone.
Thus the total railway zone in the country is 17 and divisions 68 at the moment.
Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country
Currently, there are 17 Railway Zones and 68 Divisions in the country, and their list is given below.
|
S.NO. |
RAILWAY ZONES |
Headquarter
|
DIVISIONS
|
|
1. |
Central Railway |
Mumbai |
Mumbai (CST), Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur, Pune. |
|
2. |
Eastern Railway |
Kolkata |
Asansol, Howrah, Malda, Sealdah. |
|
3. |
East Central Railway |
Hajipur |
Danapur,Dhanbad,Mughalsarai, Samastipur,Sonpur. |
|
4. |
East Coast Railway |
Bhubaneswar |
Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Waltair. |
|
5. |
Northern Railway |
New Delhi |
Ambala, Delhi, Lucknow, Moradabad, Ferozpur. |
|
6. |
North Central Railway |
Allahabad |
Prayagraj, Agra, Jhansi. |
|
7. |
North Eastern Railway |
Gorakhpur |
Lucknow, Izzatnagar, Varanasi. |
|
8. |
Northeast Frontier Railway |
Guwahati |
Katihar, Alipurduar, Rangiya, Lumding, Tinsukia. |
|
9. |
North Western Railway |
Jaipur |
Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur. |
|
10. |
Southern Railway |
Chennai |
Chennai, Madurai, Palghat, Trichy, Trivandrum, Salem. |
|
11. |
South Central Railway |
Secunderabad |
Guntakal, Guntur, Hyderabad, Nanded,Secunderabad,Vijayawada. |
|
12. |
South Eastern Railway |
Kolkata |
Adra,Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi. |
|
13. |
South East Central Railway |
Bilaspur |
Bilaspur, Nagpur, Raipur |
|
14. |
South Western Railway |
Hubli |
Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore |
|
15. |
Western Railway |
Mumbai |
Mumbai(Central), Vadodara, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Bhavnagar. |
|
16. |
West Central Railway |
Jabalpur |
Bhopal, Jabalpur, Kota. |
|
17. |
Metro Railway |
Kolkata |
Not applicable. |
