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22-512: The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern Railway . The opening of the Mumbai – Thane line in 1853 marked the beginning of railways in India. Extension of the railways was set off throughout the country. On the north-eastern side of Mumbai,

44-405: A General manager and are further sub-divided into divisions. Each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), who are responsible for the operation and maintenance in the respective divisions. The 17 operational zones and their divisions are listed below. South Coast Railway zone is proposed to be created as the eighteenth zone, but is not yet operational as of 2023. In every zone,

66-536: A further member responsible for health in 1976. In 2004, the board is expanded by the introduction of two new members responsible for signalling & telecom and for stores respectively. In December 2019, the Union Cabinet decided to reduce the size of the board from eight to five. The chairman of the railway board reports to the Ministry of Railways and act on behalf of the ministry. The following report to

88-606: A new Zone was formed in Visakahapatnam as Headquarters. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway. It was labeled as a Class I railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926. Eastern Railway Zone The Eastern Railway (abbreviated ER ) is among the 19 zones of the Indian Railways . Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata and comprises four divisions: Howrah , Malda , Sealdah , and Asansol . Each division

110-493: Is headed by a Railway Board whose chairman reports to the Ministry of Railways. It is organized into separate functional groups or verticals while divided into 19 operational zones geographically. Each zone, headed by a General Manager, is semi-autonomous thus creating a matrix organization where the functional branches are under dual control. In March 1905, the railway branch of the Public Works Department

132-624: Is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM). The name of the division denotes the name of the city where the divisional headquarters is located. Eastern Railway oversees the largest and second largest rail complexes in the country, Howrah Junction and Sealdah railway station , and also contains the highest number of A1 and A Category Stations like Howrah , Malda Town , Sealdah , Asansol , Kolkata , Durgapur , Barddhaman , Rampurhat Junction , Bhagalpur , Jamalpur , Jasidih , Bandel and Naihati . Eastern Railways operates India's oldest train, Kalka Mail . The East Indian Railway (EIR) Company

154-724: The Great Indian Peninsular Railway line was extended up to Bhusawal and then split in two. While one track led to Nagpur , the other to Jabalpur to connect with the East Indian Railway line from Allahabad to Jabalpur, thereby connecting Mumbai and Kolkata. The great famine of 1878 provided an opportunity for the construction of 150 km long meter gauge link called the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway in 1882 connecting Nagpur with Rajnandgaon . The Bengal Nagpur Railway

176-1110: The Central area and up to Katni in the North Central Region were separated from Eastern Railway and became the South Eastern Railway . Three more divisions: Dhanbad , Mughalsarai and Malda were formed later. Till 30 September 2002 ER consisted seven divisions. On 1 October 2002 a new zone, the East Central Railway , headquarters at Hajipur , was carved out by separating the Eastern Railway's Danapur , Dhanbad and Mughalsarai divisions from it. Presently, it comprises four divisions and they are Malda Town, Howrah, Sealdah and Asansol . In 2021, Eastern Railway completed full electrification of its 2010 km rail network in West Bengal , while in 2022, its entire network of 2848 km

198-739: The Damodar district of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, of which he was afterwards Superintending Engineer of the Bengal section. In 1925, Bengal Nagpur Railway purchased five steam railcars from Sentinel and Metro-Cammell. In 1936 the company owned 802 locomotives, 5 railcars, 692 coaches and 25.434 goods wagons. The management of the Bengal Nagpur Railway was taken over by the Government of India in 1944. Eastern Railway

220-726: The East Indian Railway: Howrah, Asansol and Danapur, the entire Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR) and the Sealdah division of the erstwhile Bengal Assam Railway (which was already added to the East Indian Railway on 15 August 1947). On 1 August 1955, the portions of BNR stretching from Howrah to Visakhapatnam in the South which is now the Headquarters of South Coast Railway zone , Howrah to Nagpur in

242-542: The functional verticals are represented by head of departments (HODs) responsible for the respective functions in the zone. Each division has functional staff who report to the geographical divisional managers and functional HODs in a matrix organization and are tasked with the operation and maintenance of assets. Staff are classified into gazetted (Groups A and B) and non-gazetted (Groups C and D) employees with gazetted employees carrying out executive/managerial level tasks. As of March 2022, Groups A & B constitute 1.5% of

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264-683: The railway board: The organization is divided into separate functional groups of traction , engineering , traffic , rolling stock , signalling , materials , personnel , RPF , finance , health and safety . In 1944, all the railway companies in existence at the time were taken over by the Government. In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organizing Indian Railways into six regional zones which were divided subsequently to create newer zones. As of 2024, there are 17 operational zones of Indian Railways. The zones are headed by

286-657: Was completed in 1886-87 and connected to the Umaria Coalfield Railway , which worked from Umaria to Katni, thus creating a branch line connecting BNR station at Bilaspur to GIP Railway station Katni near Jabalpur . Further, 1901 part of the East Coast State Railway was absorbed into the BNR, thus the Cuttack to Waltair section came under management of BNR. Although Bengal Nagpur Railway

308-529: Was converted to broad gauge. The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891. It was only after Kharagpur was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900. Further it was planned to construct a 161 miles long Branch Line from Bilaspur to Umaria for through connection with the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) system at Katni , This BNR main line

330-597: Was electrified with the conversion of the Hansdiha - Godda section. Howrah–Delhi main line Grand Chord and Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line Sahibganj loop Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line Indian Railways Zones and Divisions Indian Railways is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It

352-484: Was expanded to four members with the addition of a financial commissioner in 1924 apart from the chief commissioner, one commissioners responsible for ways and works, projects and stores and the other responsible for general administration, staff and traffic. In 1929, an additional member was added to the board and was assigned the responsibility for staff, so that the member in charge of traffic could focus solely on transport and commercial matters. In 1950,the railway board

374-514: Was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Line and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah-Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad. The Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was owned by the provincial government. Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887. The Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was purchased from Great Indian Peninsula Railway by Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1888, and

396-469: Was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway. In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier. Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway and South Coast Railway was bifurcated between ECOR and SCR and

418-486: Was incorporated in 1845 to connect eastern India with Delhi . The first train ran here between Howrah and Hooghly on 15 August 1854. The train left Howrah station at 8:30 a.m. and reached Hooghly in 91 minutes. The management of the East Indian Railway was taken over by the British Indian government on 1 January 1925. The Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 by amalgamating three lower divisions of

440-538: Was not a part of original design to connect major points in the subcontinent with a network of railways, it was instrumental in developing a shorter, and hence more popular, route from Howrah to Mumbai and the trunk route from Howrah to Chennai. The civil engineer Lt Col Arthur John Barry was the Executive Engineer in charge of the construction of the bridge over the Damodar River and the work of

462-464: Was re-constituted to four members with the senior-most functional member appointed the chairman of the board with no absolute over riding power. In October 1954, the chairman of the board was made responsible for decisions on technical and policy matters, with the status of a principal secretary to the Government of India with an additional member added. The board was expanded with an additional member responsible for electrical engineering in 1972 and

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484-674: Was transferred to the newly established railway board under the department of commerce and industry by the Indian Railway Board Act. In 1908, the set up was re-organized on the recommendations of the Railway Finance Committee (1908) by constituting the Railway Board headed by a president as a separate department. Pursuant to the Acworth committee's recommendations in 1921, the railway board

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