Central Railway zone

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox rail Central Railway (abbreviated CR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its headquarters are located at Mumbai.<ref name="zones_and_divisions">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It has the distinction of operating the first passenger railway line in India, which opened from Mumbai to Thane on Template:Start date and age.

HistoryEdit

The railway zone was formed on 5 November 1951 by grouping several government-owned railways, including the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the Scindia State Railway of the former princely state of Gwalior, Nizam State Railway, Wardha Coal State Railway and the Dholpur State Railway.<ref name=r1>Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust, p.42</ref><ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Central Railway zone formerly included large parts of Madhya Pradesh and part of southern Uttar Pradesh, which made it the largest railway zone in India in terms of area, track mileage and staff. These areas became the new West Central Railway zone in April 2003.

The Central Railway General Manager's official residence (erstwhile GIPR agent's residence), 'Glenogle'-a Grade II-B heritage bungalow, is located on Bhausaheb Hire Marg (Mount Pleasant Road), adjacent to the Maharashtra Chief minister's official residence 'Varsha' in Malabar Hill, Mumbai.

RoutesEdit

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai One of the busiest Railway Stations in India. It is also a World Heritage Site

Main/Long Routes of Central RailwayEdit

- Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan-Igatpuri-Nashik road-Manmad-Jalgaon-Bhusawal
- Bhusawal-Akola-Badnera-Wardha-Nagpur
- Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan-Karjat-Lonavala-Pune
- CSMT-Kurla-Panvel
- Pune-Daund-Solapur-Wadi-Tandur
- Pune-Satara-Karad-Sangli-Miraj-Kolhapur
- Miraj-Pandharpur-Kurduvadi-Barshi-Osmanabad-Latur-Latur Road
- Ballarshah-Majri-Sevagram (formerly Wardha East Jn.)-Nagpur-Amla-Itarsi

One of the oldest and important railway project of central railway zone was Kalyan-Ahmednagar railway project, which was in planning stage since British regime. It was referred to as 3rd ghat project. A survey was carried out in 1973, 2000, 2006, 2014 etc, and the project was in the Railways Board pink book in 2010, but unfortunately the project was not started. The alignment length of this project was 184 km, and it could have been the shortest route for Marathwada, Andhra and Telangana. The major challenge for this project is 18.96 km long tunnel in Malshej Ghat section.<ref name="auto2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Malshej Kriti samiti is following for Kalyan-Ahmednagar railway project. Kalyan-Murbad section which is first phase of this project is already under survey stage.<ref name="auto1">Template:Cite news</ref>

Branch/Short routes of Central RailwayEdit

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- Mumbai CSMT-Wadala Road-Bandra-Goregaon
- Thane-Vashi-Panvel
- Daund-Manmad
- Bhusawal-Khandwa
- Amravati-Narkher
- Vasai Road-Diva-Panvel
- Panvel-Karjat
- Badnera-Amravati
- Daund-Baramati
- Puntamba-Shirdi
- Chalisgaon-Dhule
- Pachora-Jamner (NG)
- Pulgaon-Arvi (NG)
- Murtijapur-Yavatmal (NG)
- Murtijapur-Achalapur (NG)
- Jalamb-Khamgaon
- Majri-Pimpalkutti
- Neral-Matheran
- Amla-Chhindwara

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UtilizationEdit

HighEdit

Mumbai-Thane-Kalyan-Karjat/Kasara sub-urban section
Mumbai-Bhusawal-Akola-Nagpur
Mumbai-Bhusawal-Khandwa
Itarsi-Nagpur-Sevagram-Majri-Balharshah
Mumbai-Pune-Daund-Solapur-Kalaburgi-Wadi
Mumbai-Pune-Miraj-Hubli-Bengaluru-Chennai
Daund-Ahmednagar-Manmad

LowEdit

Puntamba-Sai nagar Shirdi
Miraj-Kurduwadi
Latur-Kurduwadi

ConnectionsEdit

Central railway zone connects to other Zones of Indian railways as at:

Western Railway ZoneEdit

Bandra, Goregaon, Dadar, Vasai Road

Konkan Railway ZoneEdit

Roha

South Central Railway zoneEdit

Secunderabad railway divisionEdit

Guntakal Railway DivisionEdit

Wadi Jn

Nanded railway divisionEdit

Pimpalkutti
Akola Jn
Khandwa Jn
Ankai Jn (MMR-AWB-J-PBN-NED route)

South East Central Railway zoneEdit

Nagpur SEC railway divisionEdit

South Western Railway zoneEdit

Hubballi railway divisionEdit

Hotgi Jn - For Pune-Solapur-Vijayapura-Gadag line.
Miraj Jn - For Miraj-Londa-Bangalore line

Western Central Railway zoneEdit

Bhopal divisionEdit

Matheran Hill RailwayEdit

Constructed in 1907, the narrow-gauge Matheran Hill Railway connects Neral on the Mumbai-Chennai main line with the hill station of Matheran in the Western Ghats, east of Mumbai. Neral is linked to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus by frequent suburban trains. Steam engines have now been replaced by diesel locomotives. The route is noted for its sharp curves.

DivisionsEdit

OrganisationEdit

The central railway covers a large part of the state of Maharashtra and small part of Southern Madhya Pradesh and North-Eastern Karnataka. It is organized into five divisions: Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur and Pune. The details of the network by division are as follows<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Central Railway Headquarters at CSMT.