Indian Railways - An Over view

Indian Railways - An Over view

Railway Board consists of Chairman (CRB) and 8 Members (Total 9)

1. Chairman, Railway Board  (CRB) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
2.  Member - Finance (MF)
3.  Member (T & RS -Traction & Rolling Stock) - M/TRS
4. Member (O&BD - Operations & Business Development) - M/O&BD
5. Member (Infrastructure) - M/Infra

9.      

Director Generals

1. Director General - RHS (Railway Health Services)

2. Director General - Personnel

3. Director General - RPF (Railway Protection Force)

4. Director General (HR-Human Resources) in Apex Grade

Open Line - ZONAL RAILWAYS -17 - Headed by GMs (General Managers)

SN	Zonal Railway	Headquarters
1	Northern	New Delhi
2	Southern	Chennai
3	Eastern	Kolkata
4	Western	Mumbai
5	Central	Mumbai
6	North Central	Allahabad
7	South Central	Secunderabad
8	East Central	Hazipur
9	West Central	Jabalpur
10	East Coast	Bhubaneswar
11	North Eastern	Gorakhpur
12	North Western	Jaipur
13	North Frontier	Maligaon, Guwahati
14	South Eastern	Kolkata (Garden Reach)
15	South East Central	Bilaspur
16	South Western	Hubli
17	Kolkata Metro	Kolkata

Notes:

·         Kolkata - HQs of 3 Zonal Railways such as Eastern, South Eastern & Kolkata Metro

·         Mumbai - HQs of 2 Zonal Railways such as Central & Western

·         Proposed New Zonal Railway is South Coast Railway with Hqrs at Visakhapatnam.

PUs - Production Units on Indian Railways - Headed by General Managers

1.       CLW- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, West Bengal

2.       ICF - Integral Coach Factory, Chennai

3.       DLW - Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi

4.       DMW - Diesel loco Modernization Works, Patiala (headed by CAO/R)

5.       RWF - Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore

6.       RCF - Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala

7.       MCF- Modern Coach Factory, Rae Bareli

8.       RWP - Rail Wheel Plant, Bela (headed by CAO/R)

Autonomous bodies

1. CRIS - Centre for Railway Information Systems, New Delhi

2. RLDA - Railway Land Development Authority

Other Units

1.       CORE - Central Organisation of Railway Electrification, Allahabad

2.       NF Railway (Construction), Guwahati

3.       COFMOW - Central Organization For Modernization Of Workshops, New Delhi

4.       IROAF - Indian Railway Organization of Alternate Fuels, New Delhi

5.       RDSO - Research, Designs & Standards Organization, Lucknow

Ministry of Railways - CPSEs (Central Public Sector Enterprises)

1.       BCL - Braithwaite & Co. Ltd BSCL

2.       BWEL - Bharat Wagon & Engineering Co Limited

3.       CONCOR - CONtainer CORporation of India Limited

4.       DFCCIL - Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited

5.       IRCON - Indian Railway CONstruction company (IRCON International Ltd is new name)

6.       IRCTC - Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation

7.       IRFC - Indian Railway Finance Corporation

8.       KMRCL - Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited

9.       KRCL - Konkan Railway Corporation Limited

10.   MRVC - Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation

11.    PRCL - Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited

12.   RCIL - Railtel Corporation of India Limited

13.   RITES - Rail India Technical & Economic Services

14.   RVNL - Rail Vikas Nigam Limited

CTIs - Centralized Training Institutes

SN	CTI		Location	Headed by	Dept
1	NAIR	National Academy of Indian Railways	Vadodara	Director General	General for all Depts Personnel, Stores & Medical in particular
2	IRICEN	Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering	Pune	Director	Civil Engineering
3	IRISET	Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering & Telecommunications	Secunderabad	Director	S & T
4	IRIFM	Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management	Secunderabad	Director	Accounts
5	IRIMEE	Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering	Jamalpur	Director	Mechanical
6	IRIEE	Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering	Nasik	Director	Electrical
7	IRITM	Indian Railway Institute of Traffic Management	Lucknow	Director	Traffic
8	JRRPFA	Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy, Lucknow	Lucknow	Director	Security

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