Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

Divisions of Indian Railways

Divisions of Indian Railways

The Indian Railways is divided into zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. There are a total of sixty-eight divisions[1].

Each of the divisions, is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) who reports to the General Manager (GM) of the zone. 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. The DRM is assisted by one or two Additional Divisional Railway Managers (ADRM) in the working of the division.

Contents

List of Divisions of Indian Railways

The 68 divisions are listed below[2]:

Sl. No Name Abbr. Route KMs Headquarters Divisions
1. Central CR 3905 Mumbai Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur, Nagpur
2. East Central ECR 3628 Hajipur Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur
3. East Coast ECoR 2572 Bhubaneswar Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam
4. Eastern ER 2414 Kolkata Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda
5. North Central NCR 3151 Allahabad Allahabad, Agra, Jhansi
6. North Eastern NER 3667 Gorakhpur Izzatnagar, Lucknow, Varanasi
7. North Western NWR 5459 Jaipur Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur
8. Northeast Frontier NFR 3907 Guwahati Alipurduar, Katihar, Rangia, Lumding, Tinsukia
9. Northern NR 6968 Delhi Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad
10. South Central SCR 5803 Secunderabad Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Vijayawada
11. South East Central SECR 2447 Bilaspur Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur
12. South Eastern SER 2631 Kolkata Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi
13. South Western SWR 3177 Hubli Hubli, Bangalore, Mysore
14. Southern SR 5098 Chennai Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)
15. West Central WCR 2965 Jabalpur Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota
16. Western WR 6182 Mumbai Mumbai Central, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Vadodara

Organisation

A typical division has an average track length of about 1000 km and staff strength of about 15000. All the departments and services of the Indian Railways are represented in a Division.

Sl. No Name of Department Headed by Abbre. Role and function
1. Engineering Department Senior Divisional Engineer Sr.DEN Maintenance of all fixed assets of the Division, i.e. Track, Bridges, Buildings, Roads, Water supply etc.
2. Mechanical Engineering & Power (Transportation) Department Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer Sr.DME Maintenance of all rolling stock of the Division (except electric locos and EMU/MEMUs), i.e. locomotives, passenger and freight cars; and technical super etc.
3. Electrical Engineering Department Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer Sr.DEE Maintenance of all electric locomotives, EMUs/MEMUs and fixed electrical assets of the Division, i.e. Overhead equipment, lighting and power for railway establishments etc.
4. Signal & Telecommunication Engineering Department Senior Divisional Signal & Telecommunication Engineer Sr.DSTE Management of the Signalling and Telecommunication (S&T) infrastructure of the division for Safe Train operations;
5. Operating and Traffic (Transportation) Department Senior Divisional Operations Manager Sr.DOM Train operations
6. Commercial Department Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Sr.DCM Passenger ticketing, ticket checking, booking of freight rakes and collecting fares
7. Medical Department Chief Medical Superintendent CMS Providing medical facilities to railway employees and their families
8. Safety Department Senior Divisional Safety Officer Sr.DSO Ensuring safety of train operations
9. Stores Department Senior Divisional Controller of Stores Sr. DCOS Ensuring material for maintenance of trains (material for all departments except the Engineering Department)
10. Accounts Department Senior Divisional Accounts Officer Sr. DAO Financial management of the division
11. Personnel Department Senior Divisional Personnel Officer Sr. DPO HR functions
12. Security Department Senior Divisional Security Commandant Sr. DSC Security of railway material

Control Room

Every division has a Control Room for train operations, from where all the trains in the division are controlled and monitored.

Accident Relief Trains

Every division has Accident Relief Trains (ARTs), Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs) and Breakdown Cranes for assisting in disaster management. These are under the supervision of the SrDME of the Division, who is also the head of Disaster Management of the Division.

Locomotive Sheds

The Diesel Locomotive Sheds and Electric Locomotive Sheds on the division maintain diesel and electric locomotives respectively. Their admistrative control is with the DRM.

Coaching Depots and Sick Lines

Every division has some coaching depots to maintain its passenger cars and sick lines to maintain freight cars which are found unfit at the freight examination points.

See also

Indian Railway organisational structure

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways". Indian Railways. http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf. Retrieved 26 August 2011 format=PDF. 
  2. ^ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/Stat_0910/Year%20Book%202009-10-Sml_size_English.pdf

External Links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Indian Railways — Infobox Company name = भारतीय रेल, Indian Railways company type = Departmental Undertaking of The Ministry of Railways, Government of India foundation = April 16, 1853, nationalized in 1951 location city = New Delhi location country = India… …   Wikipedia

  • Indian Railway organisational structure — The Indian Railways is organised broadly by functional groups. This is traditionally how Railways are organised the world over. The Indian Railways perhaps has been less adventurous in changing the structure; it has largely kept up what it got as …   Wikipedia

  • Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers — The Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers(IRSSE) is a cadre of the Government of India. The officers of this service are responsible for managing the Signals and Telecommunications Engineering Organisation of the Indian Railways History This …   Wikipedia

  • Indian Railway Service of Engineers — The Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) is a cadre of the Government of India. The officers of this service are responsible for managing the Civil Engineering Organisation of the Indian RailwaysRecruitmentThe recruitment to the cadre is… …   Wikipedia

  • Indian Navy — crest Active 1947–Present Country …   Wikipedia

  • Indian Armed Forces —   भारतीय सशस्त्र सेनाएं   Emblem of India Service branches …   Wikipedia

  • Indian Institutes of Technology — …   Wikipedia

  • Indian maritime history — To the northwest of Lothal (2400 BCE) lies the Kutch peninsula. Proximity to the Gulf of Khambhat allowed direct access to sea routes. Lothal s topography and geology reflec …   Wikipedia

  • Indian National Congress — Not to be confused with Indian National Congress (Organization). Indian National Congress …   Wikipedia

  • Indian martial arts — Part of a series on Indian martial arts styles Wrestling: Malla yuddha  · Pehlwani  · Musti yuddha  · …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”