south western railway is the largest zone of indian railway.
south western railway is the largest zone of indian railway.
which is the largest zone of indian railway?
south western railway
section::::20th-century developments.









































on 1 january 1925 the british indian government took over the management of the east indian railway and divided it into six divisions: howrah, asansol, danapur, allahabad, lucknow and moradabad.









































on 14 april 1952, jawaharlal nehru, the prime minister of india inaugurated two new zones of the first six zones of the indian railways. one of them, the northern railways had the three "up-stream" divisions of east indian railway: allahabad, lucknow and moradabad, while the other, the eastern railways had the three "down-stream" divisions: howrah, asansol and danapur and the complete bengal nagpur railway.









































section::::see also.
east indian railway company
the southern railway (abbreviated sr), headquartered at chennai, is one of the 18 zones of indian railways. it is the earliest of the 18 zones of the indian railways created in independent india. it was created on 14 april 1951 by merging three state railways, namely, the madras and southern mahratta railway, the south indian railway company, and the mysore state railway. the south indian railway was originally created in the british colonial times as great southern india railway co founded in britain in 1853 and registered in 1859. its original headquarters was in tiruchirappalli (trichy) and was registered as a company in london only in 1890. at present, after re-organization of existing railway zones and creation of new zones undertaken by the indian railways between 2002–03, southern railway has emerged as the 2nd largest zone after undertaking some gauge conversion projects and creation of new lines.
southern railway zone