Central Railway zone

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Central Railway
broad-gauge
ElectrificationYes (100%, all lines of Central Railway are electrified)

Central Railway (abbreviated CR) is one of the 19 zones of

Mumbai to Thane
on 16 April 1853 (170 years ago) (1853-04-16).

History

The railway zone was formed on 5 November 1951 by grouping several government-owned railways, including the

The Central Railway zone formerly included large parts of

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

World Heritage Site

Main/Long Routes of Central Railway

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 shortest route for Marathwada, Andhra and Telangana. The major challenge for this project is 18.96 km long tunnel in Malshej Ghat section.[4] 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.[5]

Branch/Short routes of Central Railway

    • 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

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-Kalaburgi-Wadi
  • Mumbai-Pune-Miraj-Hubli-Bengaluru-Chennai
  • Daund-Ahmednagar-Manmad

Low

  • Puntamba-Sai nagar Shirdi
  • Miraj-Kurduwadi
  • Latur-Kurduwadi

Connections

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

Western Railway Zone

Vasai Road

Konkan Railway Zone

South Central Railway zone

Secunderabad railway division
Guntakal Railway Division
Nanded railway division
  • Pimpalkutti
  • Akola Jn
  • Khandwa Jn
  • Ankai Jn (MMR-AWB-J-PBN-NED route)

South East Central Railway zone

Nagpur SEC railway division

South Western Railway zone

Hubballi railway division

Western Central Railway zone

Bhopal division

Matheran Hill Railway

Constructed in 1907, the

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.

Divisions

Organisation

The central railway covers a large part of the state of

Pune. The details of the network by division are as follows[6]

Central Railway Headquarters.
Central Railway Headquarters at CSMT.

Mumbai Division

  • Mumbai CSMT-Dadar-Kurla-Thane
    • Mumbai CSMT-Wadala Road-Kurla (
      Harbour Line
      )
      • Wadala Road-Bandra-Goregaon (Inclusive)
    • Kurla-Trombay (Goods)
    • Kurla-Vashi-Nerul-Panvel (
      Harbour Line
      )
    • Thane-Vashi-Panvel (Trans-Harbour line)
      • Thane-Turbhe-Vashi (
        Trans-Harbour Line
        )
      • Thane-Turbhe-Nerul (
        Trans-Harbour Line
        )
  • Thane-Diva Jn-Kalyan
    • Diva Jn-Panvel-Roha
      • Panvel-Jasai-Uran
        • Jasai-JNPT
    • Diva Jn-Vasai Road
  • Kalyan Jn-Kasara-Igatpuri (Inclusive)
  • Kalyan Jn-Karjat Jn-Lonavala (Inclusive)
    • Neral Jn-Matheran (narrow-gauge)
    • Karjat Jn-Panvel
    • Karjat Jn-Khopoli

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.[5]

Pune Division

Nagpur Division

Nagpur Railway Station

Solapur Division

Solapur railway station
  • Manmad (exclude)-Ahmednagar-Daund Jn
  • Daund Jn-Solapur
  • Miraj Jn (exclude)-Pandharpur-Kurudwadi Jn-Barshi-Latur-Latur Road (excluding)
  • Gulbarga
    -Wadi Jn (Include)

Bhusawal Division

  • Manmad-Indore (project scrapped)
  • Bhusawal-Badnera-Nagpur (exclude)
  • Bhusawal-Khandwa-Itarsi (exclude)
  • Jalgaon-Nandurbar-Udhna (exclude)
  • Chalisgaon-Dhule
  • Khamgaon - Jalamb
  • Pachora-Jamner
  • Manmad-Aurangabad (exclude)
  • Manmad-Daund (exclude)
  • Mandmad-Nasik-Igatpuri (exclude)
  • Akola-Nanded (exclude)

The number of stations category-wise under these five railway divisions under the Central 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[9]

Ongoing Projects

New lines

  • Solapur Jn -Tuljapur- Osmanabad. (New Rail Line survey completed but work yet to start)
  • Nanded - Yavatmal - Wardha. (Work under process)
  • Ashti-Parli Vaijnath line (work under progress). Ahmednagar-Ashti 67 km completed. (Project :- Ahmedanagar- Beed - Parli)
  • Phaltan - Baramati (approved, but work yet to start)
  • Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi line (survey under progress)
  • Aurangabad-Shani shingnapur-Ahmednagar line (survey completed, but work yet to start)
  • Khamgaon-Jalna (survey completed, but work yet to start)
  • 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-Gulbarga (Doubling completed)
  • Pune-Miraj-Londa-Hubli (Doubling in progress)
  • Panvel-Karjat
  • Karjat-Khopoli

Tripling

  • Kalyan-Kasara
  • Kalyan-Karjat
  • Sewagram Jn-Balharshah Jn

Quadrupling

  • Nagpur-Wardha
  • Jalgaon-Bhusawal
  • Manmad-Igatpuri [10]

Hexupling

  • Mumbai CSMT-Kalyan

Trains

CR MEMU Rakes built by BEML, Bangalore
CR MEMU Rakes parked alongside Suranjan Das Road

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

Number Train Name Starting Station Terminating Station
22221/22222 Mumbai CSMT–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express Mumbai CSMT Hazrat Nizamuddin.
12123/12124 Deccan Queen Mumbai CSMT Pune Jn.
12137/12138 Punjab Mail Mumbai CSMT Firozpur Cantt.
12859/12860 Gitanjali Express Mumbai CSMT Howrah Jn.
12071/12072
Mumbai CSMT-Jalna Jan Shatabdi Express
Mumbai CSMT Jalna.
12321/12322 Howrah Mail via Prayagraj Chheoki Mumbai CSMT Howrah Jn.
12809/12810 Howrah–Mumbai Mail via Nagpur Mumbai CSMT Howrah Jn.
11035/11036 Sharavati Express Dadar Mysuru Jn.
11085/11086
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Madgaon AC Double Decker Express
Kurla LTT Madgaon Jn.
12289/12290
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus - Nagpur Duronto Express
Mumbai CSMT Nagpur.
22107/221078
Latur Express
Mumbai CSMT Latur.
11301/11302 Udyan Express Mumbai CSMT KSR Bengaluru City
12025/12026 Pune - Secunderabad Shatabdi Express Pune Secunderabad Jn.
12051/12052 CSMT Madgaon Jan Shatabdi Express CSMT Madgaon Jn.
12113/12114 Pune–Nagpur Garib Rath Express Pune Nagpur Jn.
12115/12116 Siddheshwar Express Mumbai CSMT Solapur
22119/22120
Mumbai CSMT - Madgaon Tejas Express
Mumbai CSMT Madgaon
12105/12106 Vidarbha Express Mumbai CSMT Gondia Jn.
11039/11040 Maharashtra Express Kolhapur SCSMT Gondia Jn.
12109/12110 Panchvati Express Mumbai CSMT Manmad
11061/11062 Pawan Express Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Jaynagar.
11023/11024 Sahyadri Express Mumbai CSMT Kolhapur SCSMT
11027/11028
Mumbai Chennai Mail
Mumbai CSMT Chennai Central

Loco Sheds

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)".
  2. ^ Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust, p.42
  3. ^ a b "Central Railways-Construction > Projects". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008.
  4. ^ "कल्याण-नगर रेल्वे हा विकासाचा मार्ग" [Kalyan-Nagar Railway is the path of development] (in Marathi). Maharashtra Times.
  5. ^ a b "संजीवनी देणारा माळशेज घाट रेल्वे मार्ग" [Revitalizing Malshej Ghat railway line] (in Marathi). Loksatta.
  6. ^ "Central Railways". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
  7. IBN Live. Archived from the original
    on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Maharashtra Government to share cost for Pune-Nashik, Karad-Chiplun rail links". The Economic Times.
  9. ^ "CATEGORISATION OF STATIONS" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  10. ^ "MAHARAIL - Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (MRIDC)".

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