Central Railway zone

Central Railway
मध्य रेलवे
8-Central Railway
Dates of operation 1951 (1951)–Present
Predecessor Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Scindia State Railway, Dholpur Railway & others
Track gauge Standard Indian Broad Gauge
Electrification Yes
Headquarters Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai

Central Railway (abbreviated CR and मध्य) is one of the 16 zones of Indian Railways.[1] Its headquarters is in Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. It has the distinction of operating first passenger railway line in India, which opened from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853.

History

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 Railways.[2][3]

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.

Routes

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

Main/Long Routes of Central Railway

    • Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan-Kasara-Manmad-Jalgaon-Bhusawal-Akola-Wardha-Nagpur
    • Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan-Neral-Karjat-Lonavala-Pune
    • Manmad-Aurangabad-Nanded (south central railway line)
    • Pune-Daund-Solapur-Wadi-Tandur
    • Pune-Satara-Sangli-Miraj-Kolhapur
    • Miraj-Pandharpur-Kurduvadi-Barshi-Osmanabad-Latur-Latur Road
    • Balharshah-Majri jn-Sevagram(formerly Wardha East Jn.)-Nagpur-Amla-Itarsi

Branch/Short routes of Central Railway

    • Mumbai CSMT-Vadala-King Circle
    • Mumbai CSMT-Vadala-Kurla-Vashi-Panvel
    • Thane-Vashi
    • Daund-Manmad
    • Bhusawal-Khandwa
    • Amaravati-Narkher
    • Diva-Panvel-Roha
    • Panvel-Karjat
    • Khopoli-Karjat
    • Diva-Bhiwandi Road-Vasai Road
    • Badnera-Amravati
    • Daund-Baramati
    • Puntamba-Shirdi
    • Chalisgaon-Dhule
    • Pachora-Jamner (NG)
    • Pulgaon-Arvi (NG)
    • Murtijapur-Yavatml (NG)
    • Murtijapur-Achalapur (NG)
    • Jalamb-Khamgaon
    • Majri jn-Pimpalkutti

Utilization

High

  • Mumbai-Thane-Kalyan-Karjat/Kasara sub-urban section
  • Mumbai-Bhusawal-Akola-Nagpur
  • Mumbai-Bhusawal-Khandwa
  • Itarsi-Nagpur-Sevagram-Majri-Balharshah
  • Mumbai-Pune-Daund-Solapur-Wadi
  • Daund-Manmad

Low

  • Puntamba-Sai nagar Shirdi
  • Pune-Miraj
  • Miraj-Latur
  • Majri Jn-Nanded

Connections

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

Western Railway zone

Bandra , Andheri

Mumbai railway division

  • Vasai Road Jn, Dadar, Mahim Jn
  • Jalgaon Jn

Konkan Railway

  • Roha

South Central Railway zone

Secunderabad railway division
  • Balharshah
  • Latur road jn
Guntakal Railway Division
  • Wadi Jn
Nanded railway division
  • Pimpalkutti
  • Akola Jn
  • Khandwa Jn
  • Parbhani Jn

South East Central Railway zone

Nagpur SEC railway division
  • Nagpur Jn
  • Chhindwara Jn

South Western Railway zone

Hubballi railway division
  • Hotgi Jn
  • Miraj Jn

Western Central Railway zone

Bhopal division
  • Itarsi Jn
  • Khandwa Jn

Matheran Hill Railway

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 Terminus by frequent suburban trains. Steam engines have now been replaced by diesel locomotives. The route is noted for its sharp curves.

Organisation

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 CST, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur and Pune. The details of the network divisionwise are as follows[4]

Central Railway Headquarters.
Central Railway Headquarters at CSMT.

Mumbai Division

  • Mumbai CSMT-Dadar-Kurla-Thane
    • Mumbai CSMT-Wadala Road-Kurla (Harbour Line)
      • Wadala-Kings Circle-Mahim Jn(excl.)
    • Kurla-Trombay(Goods)
    • Kurla-Mankhurd-Vashi-Nerul-Belapur-Panvel
    • Thane-Panvel (Trans Harbour line)
      • Thane-Airoli-Sanpada (Trans Harbour Line)
      • Thane-Airoli-Nerul (Trans Harbour Line)
  • Thane-Diva Jn-Kalyan
    • Diva Jn-Panvel-Roha
      • Panvel-Jasai-Uran
        • Jasai-JNPT
    • Diva Jn-Bhiwandi Road-Vasai Road
  • Kalyan Jn-Kasara-Igatpuri (Inclusive)
  • Kalyan Jn-Ulhasnagar-Neral Jn-Karjat Jn-Lonavala (Inclusive)
    • Neral Jn-Matheran (Narrow Gauge)
    • Karjat Jn-Panvel
    • Karjat Jn-Khopoli

Pune Division

Nagpur Division

Nagpur Railway Station.
Nagpur Railway Station at Nagpur.

Solapur Division

Bhusawal Division

  • Manmad-Indore(project scrapped)

The number of stations category-wise under these five railway divisions under the Cental Railway Zones are as follows (as of 2008) : A-1 : 7, A : 20, B : 10, C : 80, D : 45, E : 221, F : 93, Total : 476[8]

Ongoing Projects

New lines

  • Narayandoho-Parli Vaijnath line. (Work under progress) Ahmednagar-Narayandoho completed.
  • Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi line. (Survey under progress)
  • Latur-Latur Road-Ahmedpur-Nanded (Survey completed, but work yet to start)
  • Latur Road-Jalkot-Mukhed-Biloli-Bodhan (Announced but not yet taken up)
  • Latur-Ausa-Nilanga-Omerga-Aland-Gulbarga (Survey under progress)

Doubling

  • Bhigvan-Vakav (Earth work started)
  • Tilati-Gulbarga (Earth work started)
  • Roha-Panvel
  • Daund-Manmad (Announced but not yet taken up)
  • Pune-Miraj (Survey completed, work started)
  • Kurduwadi-Barshi-Latur-Latur Road (Announced but not yet taken up)
  • Bhigvan-Solapur-Gulbarga

Quadrupling

Nagpur Wardha

Jalgaon Bhsawal

Hexupling

  • Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan

Electrification

  • Manmad-Daund (Electrification) (Work completed)
  • Bhigvan-Solapur-Gulbarga (Electrification) (Work is ongoing)
  • Kurduwadi-Barshi-Latur-Latur Road (Electrification) (Announced but not yet taken up)

Trains

Some of the major trains operated by Centrsl Railway zone are as follows:

NumberTrain NameStarting StationTerminating Station
11035/11036Sharavati ExpressDadarMysuru
11085/11086Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Madgaon AC Double Decker ExpressMumbai LTTMadgaon
11301/11302Udyan ExpressMumbai CSTBengaluru
12025/12026Pune Secunderabad Shatabdi ExpressPuneSecunderabad
12051/12052Dadar Madgaon Jan Shatabdi ExpressDadarMadgaon
12113/12114Pune Nagpur Garib Rath ExpressPuneNagpur
12115/12116Siddheshwar ExpressMumbai CSTSolapur
22119/22120Mumbai CST - Karmali Tejas ExpressMumbai CSTKarmali

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,533,1007,1012
  2. ↑ Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust, p.42
  3. ↑ Welcome to Central Railways-Construction > Projects Archived 1 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ cnt-rly Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Welcome to Central Railways-Construction > Projects Archived 1 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Work on Nashik-Pune rail route begins
  7. ↑ Maharashtra Government to share cost for Pune-Nashik, Karad-Chiplun rail links
  8. ↑ "CATEGORISATION OF STATIONS" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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