- Railway Board
- Zonal management
- Divisional organisation
- Cadres
- See also
- References
- External links
The Indian Railways are broadly organised from functional groups within the Indian Railway Service. India's rail system is managed at a regional level since Indian Railways have divided themselves into seventeen zonal railways. Each zone, headed by a General Manager, is semi-autonomous and this creates a matrix organisation where the functional branches are under dual control viz. - Operational Control at Zonal level
- Functional Policy & Guidance from the Railway Board
Railway BoardAt the apex of the management organisation is the Railway Board, a part of the Ministry of Railways. The board is headed by a Chairman who directly reports to the Railway Minister. The board has five other members. The General Managers of the zonal railways and the production units report to the Board. Zonal managementThe current 18 zones of the Indian Railways are | Name | Abbr. | Headquarters |
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| Central Railway | CR | Mumbai | | Eastern Railway | ER | Kolkata | | East Central Railway | ECR | Hajipur | | East Coast Railway | ECoR | Bhubaneswar | | Northern Railway | NR | Delhi | | North Central Railway | NCR | Allahabad | | North Western Railway | NWR | Jaipur | | North Eastern Railway | NER | Gorakhpur | | Northeast Frontier Railway | NFR | Maligaon (Guwahati) | | Southern Railway | SR | Chennai | | South Central Railway | SCR | Secunderabad (Hyderabad) | | South Coast Railway | SCoR | Visakhapatnam | | South Eastern Railway | SER | Kolkata | | South East Central Railway | SECR | Bilaspur, CG | | South Western Railway | SWR | Hubballi | | Western Railway | WR | Mumbai | | West Central Railway | WCR | Jabalpur | | Metro Railway | MTP | Kolkata | |
Divisional organisationThe Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) heads the organisation at the division level. There are currently 71 divisions on the system nationwide. The divisions are primarily involved with train running but may also have locomotive sheds (repair shops for locomotives), coaching depots (repair home bases for passenger trains), and wagon depots (repair and maintenance points for freight stock). Each division has all the functional organisations (both line and staff). The heads of these functional groups report to the DRM for administrative purposes but rely on the railway board and the zonal headquarters for policy guidelines. CadresThe various Group A cadres are as below: Non Technical Services recruitment through Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC - IRTS - Indian Railway Traffic Service
- IRPS - Indian Railway Personnel Service
- IRAS - Indian Railway Accounts Service
- RPF - Railway Protection Force
Technical Services recruitment through Indian Engineering Services Examination conducted by UPSC- IRSE - Indian Railway Service (Civil) Engineers
- IRSEE - Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
- IRSME - Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
- IRSS - Indian Railway Stores Service
- IRSSE - Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
Medical Services recruitment through Combined medical Examination conducted by UPSC- IRMS - Indian Railway Medical Service
See also- Zones and divisions of Indian Railways
ReferencesExternal links- Official websites
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120719043627/http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/ Central Railway ]
- Eastern Railway
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140112090715/http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/ East Central Railway ]
- East Coast Railway
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160130001823/http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/ Northern Railway ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160121180251/http://www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in/ North Central Railway ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140427190605/http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/ North Western Railway ]
- North Eastern Railway
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121215011857/http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/ Northeast Frontier Railway ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101120015723/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/ Southern Railway ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130128160800/http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/ South Central Railway ]
- South Eastern Railway
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121204064436/http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/ South East Central Railway ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160121142348/http://www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in/ South Western Railway ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120723112533/http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/ Western Railway ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313040609/http://wcr.indianrailways.gov.in/ West Central Railway ]
- Metro Railway, Kolkata
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