6 railway zones are there in india.
6 railway zones are there in india.
how many railway zones are there in india?
6
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
the re-organisation of railways in india into regional zones began in 1951. on 14 april of that year, the southern railway zone was created. on 5 november, the central and western railway zones were created. that year, the post of chief commissioner of railways was abolished and the railway board adopted the practice of making its senior-most member the chairman of the board. the government of west bengal also entered into an agreement with the calcutta tramways company to take over its administrative functions that year. the northern, eastern and north eastern railway zones were created on 14 april 1952.
history of rail transport in india