South Western Railway zone
 | This article needs to be updated. (February 2024) |
Hubballi Karnataka | |
| Locale | Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra |
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| Dates of operation | 2003– |
| Predecessor | Southern Railway zone South Central Railway zone Central Railway zone |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Broad gauge (1676mm, 5'6") |
| Previous gauge | Meter gauge |
| Electrification | 1,233 kilometres (766 mi) |
| Length | 3,566 kilometres (2,216 mi) |
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| Website | www |
The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the 19
History
The South Western Railway zone came into existence on 1 April 2003 by bifurcating Mysuru and Bengaluru divisions from Southern Railway along with Hubballi division from South Central Railway. It is headquartered at
Jurisdiction
South Western Railway covers most of the railway lines in the state of
Divisions
- Bengaluru railway division
- Mysuru railway division
- Hubballi railway division
- Kalaburagi railway division establishing on 2028
Modernization
The Mysuru Division of South Western Railways will be designated as "Digital Division" after fully adopting its current technology harnessing programme. The government of India had asked Railways divisions to cut red tape and reduce paperwork in offices. All the officials will adopt technologies like WhatsApp and Google Drive to share reports and other documents. This will save a lot of papers being used for circulating reports as done currently. Two web-based helplines have been launched so that digitised information can be shared among different officials. The inspection reports regarding maintenance, passenger amenities, cleanliness, electronics, and communication, etc. will be managed by a new software which is under construction now. These measures will cut down redundant works, reduce number of registers and reports maintained by officials, reduce paper consumption and improve the efficiency and celerity of operations.[2]
Project Unigauge
Since 2007, the SWR is entirely
Loco sheds
- Diesel & Electric Loco Shed, Krishnarajapuram
- Diesel Loco Shed, Hubli
See also
- Zones and divisions of Indian Railways
- All India Station Masters' Association (AISMA)
- Konkan Railway Corporation
References
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "On course to becoming a 'digital division' - Today's Paper". The Hindu. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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institutes
- Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN)
- Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering (IRICEE)
- Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE)
- Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET)
- Indian Railways Track Machine Training Center (IRTMTC)
- National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR)
- National Rail and Transportation Institute(NRTI)
- Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy (JRRPFA)
