Railway Jobs

Indian Railways is one of the largest railway networks in the world, organized into 17 operational zones and 71 divisions to ensure efficient management and operation. Each zone is overseen by a General Manager, while each division is managed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM). The 17th zone, the Metro Railway in Kolkata, was established as an independent zone in 2010.

List of Railway Zones and Headquarters

Here are the 17 zones along with their respective headquarters:

1. Central Railway (CR) – Mumbai
2. East Central Railway (ECR) – Hajipur
3. East Coast Railway (ECoR) – Bhubaneswar
4. Eastern Railway (ER) – Kolkata
5. North Central Railway (NCR) – Allahabad
6. North Eastern Railway (NER) – Gorakhpur
7. North Western Railway (NWR) – Jaipur
8. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) – Guwahati
9. Northern Railway (NR) – Delhi
10. South Central Railway (SCR) – Secunderabad
11. South East Central Railway (SECR) – Bilaspur
12. South Eastern Railway (SER) – Kolkata
13. South Western Railway (SWR) – Hubli
14. Southern Railway (SR) – Chennai
15. West Central Railway (WCR) – Jabalpur
16. Western Railway (WR) – Mumbai
17. Metro Railway, Kolkata – Kolkata

Job Categories

Indian Railways offers four types of group-level jobs categorized as follows:

• Group A and Group B: Gazetted positions.
• Group C and Group D: Non-gazetted positions.

This structured approach allows Indian Railways to effectively manage its vast operations across the country while catering to the needs of millions of passengers daily.