Central Railway zone

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.

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

Main/Long Routes of Central Railway

Mumbai CST – Kalyan – kasara - Manmad – Jalgaon – Bhusawal – Akola – Wardha – Nagpur

Mumbai CST – Kalyan –Ulhasnagar-Neral –Karjat - Lonavala – Pune

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

Shorter/Branch routes of Central Railway are

High

Mumbai-Thane-Kalyan-Karjat/Kasara sub-urban section

Mumbai-Bhusawal-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

Mumbai WR railway division

Vasai Road Jn (WR), Dadar, Mahim Jn

Jalgaon Jn

Konkan Railway

Roha

South Central Railway zone

Secunderabad railway division

Balharshah to

Wadi Jn

Guntakal railway division

Wadi Jn

Nanded railway division

Pimpalkutti

Akola Jn

Latur Road

Khandwa Jn

Mamnad Jn

South Western Railway zone

Hubli railway division

Hotgi Jn

Miraj Jn

Western Central Railway zone

Bhopal division

Itarsi Jn

Khandwa Jn

South East Central Railway zone

Nagpur SEC railway division

Nagpur Jn

Chhindwara

Neral Matheran Line

Constructed in 1907, the narrow gauge Matheran line connects Neral on the Mumbai-Pune 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 electric trains. Steam engines have now been replaced by diesel locomotives but it is still a pleasurable journey. 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

Mumbai Division

Mumbai CST - Dadar - Kurla - Thane

Mumbai CST – 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-Neral Jn-Karjat Jn-Lonavala (Inclusive)

Neral Jn – Matheran (Narrow Gauge)

Karjat Jn-Panvel

Karjat Jn-Khopoli

Nagpur Division

Badnera Jn(Exclude)- Pulgaon Jn – Wardha Jn – Butibori Jn-Nagpur Jn

Pulgaon Jn-Arvi (Narrow Gauge)

Butobori Jn – Umrer

Sewagram - Majri Jn – Tadali Jn – Chandrapur-Balharshah Jn(Include)

Wardha Jn - Chitoda Jn (on Sewagram - Balharshah line)

Majri Jn – Wani Jn – pimpalkutti

wani Jn – rajur

Tadali Jn – Ghugus

Balharshah Jn – Chanda Fort

Nagpur-Amla Jn-Itarsi Jn(exclude)

Amla Junction-Chhindwara(exclude)

nagpur- sevagram- [[[majri]]] jn Balharshah

Solapur Division

Daund Sub Div.

Manmad(exclude)-Ahmednagar-Daund Jn

Daund Jn – Solapur

Miraj Jn(exclude) – Kurudwadi Jn- Pandharpur – Latur – Latur Road

Solapur – Hotgi Jn – Gulburga – Wadi Jn (Include)

Pune Division

Lonavala (exclude)-Pune Jn-Daund Jn(exclude)

Pune Jn – Satara – Sangli – Miraj Jn – Kolhapur

Daund Jn(exclude) – Baramati

Lonand Jn – Phaltan ( to be completed in 2011)

Pune Jn - Rajgurunagar - Sangamner - Sinnar - Nashik Road (Project Scrapped)

Karad - Chiplun (Proposed)

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

New line

Ahmednagar – Parli Vaijnath line. (Work under progress)

Kolhapur - Vaibhavwadi line. (Survey under progress)

Doubling

Bhigvan-Mohol (Earth work started)

Hotgi-Gulbarga (Earth work started)

Roha-Panvel

Daund-Manmad (Announced but not yet taken up)

Pune-Miraj (Survey completed, but work yet to start)

Tripling

Sewagram - Nagpur Jn.

Conversion

Manmad - Daund (Electrification)(Work In Progress)

Pune-Daund (Electrification)(Work In Progress)