Indian Railways organisational structure

Indian Railways organisational structure

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Indian Railways organisational structure

Who is Chairman & CEO of Railway Board?

Indian Railways organisational structure: Indian Railways  is one of the world’s largest rail networks
with 64,460 route kilometres of route lengths  Indian Railways is a very big system, in which many departments are divided into many departments, for which other systems are used. Initially, it is largely organized into functional groups within the Indian Railway Service. India’s rail system is managed at the regional level as the Indian Railways has divided itself into 18 regional railways. Each region, headed by a general manager, is semi-autonomous and forms a matrix organization where functional branches are under dual control. So that it is run properly.

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Overview: Organisation structure

Indian Railways organisational structure: In the Indian Railways organizational structure, the railways divide itself into four major parts. In which the railway ministry is the first. Which works at the ministry level. In which any new changes which are taken for the benefit of railways. Which is done by the Minister of Railways. After this comes the Railway Board, in which all the decisions related to the Railways are taken and, The board is headed by a Chairman who directly reports to the Railway Minister. The board has five other members. The Railway Board is followed by the Zonal Railways which grow themselves into 18 Zones and each of the Zones has a General Manager who further reports to the Railway Board. Zones also have multiple divisions, managed by division managers, who all report to the general manager of their zones.

Divisional organisation

What is DRM Post In Railway: The divisions are primarily involved with train running but may also have locomotive sheds, coaching depots, and wagon depots. Each division has all the functional organisations both line and staff. The heads of these functional groups report to the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) for administrative purposes but rely on the railway board and the zonal headquarters for policy guidelines.

Ministry of Railway

Minister of state for railway- MOSR(D)

Minister of state for railway- MOSR(J)

Railway Board Chairman & CEO

Member (Traction & Rolling Stock)-M/TRS

Member infrastructure-M/INFRA

Secretary, Railway Board

Member Operations Business Development-M/O&BD

Member Finance-MF

Director.General/RHS-DG/RHS

Director.General/HR-DG/HR

Director.General/RPF

Director.General/SAFETY

Zonal Railway(Open Line)

Production units

Other Units

CPSE/CORP& Autonomous Bodies/Authorities

General Managers

General Managers

General Managers

BCL

BSCL

BWEL

CONCOR

DFCCIL

IRCON

IRCTC

IRFC

KMRCL

KRCL

MRVC

RCIL

RITES

RVNL

CRIS

RLDA
  1. Central
  2. Eastern
  3. East Central
  4. East cost
  5. Northern
  6. Northern central
  7. North eastern
  8. Northeast Frontier
  9. North Western
  10. Southern
  11. Southern central
  12. South eastern
  13. South east central
  14. South western
  15. Western
  16. West central
  17. Metro

 

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works

Banaras Locomotive Works

Integral Coach Factory Kapurthala

Rail Wheel Factory Yelahanka

Modern Coach factory, Rae Bareli

Central Organization For Railway Electrification

NF Railway (Construction)
CAO(R)*

Central Organization For Modernisation of Works (COFMOW)

Indian Railway Organization For Alternate Fuels (IROAF)

 

CAO(R)*

Diesel Loco Modernization Works

Rail Wheel Plant, Bela

Director General

National Academy Of Indian railway  Vadodara

DG & Ex- Officio GM RDSO, Lucknow

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Indian Railway Zones Headquarters And Divisions

How Many Divisions Are There In Indian Railways?

The 18 zones and their 70 divisions are listed below. South Coast Railway zone is the newest zone in Indian Railways.

Zone’s Headquarter’s Division’s
1. Central Railway

CR

 Mumbai CSMT
  1. Mumbai(CST),
  2. Bhusawal,
  3. Nagpur,
  4. Pune
  5. Solapur,
2. Western Railway

WR

 Mumbai Churchgate
  1. Mumbai(Central),
  2. Vadodara,
  3. Ratlam,
  4. Ahmedabad,
  5. Rajkot,
  6. Bhavnagar
3. Northern Railway

NR

 Delhi
  1. Ambala,
  2. Delhi,
  3. Lucknow,
  4. Moradabad,
  5. Ferozpur
4. Eastern Railway

ER

 Fairlie Place, Kolkata
  1. Asansol,
  2. Howrah,
  3. Malda,
  4. Sealdah
5. Southern Railway

SR

 Chennai
  1. Chennai,
  2. Madurai,
  3. Palghat,
  4. Trichy,
  5. Trivandrum,
  6. Salem
6. East Central Railway

ECR

 Hajipur
  1. Danapur,
  2. Dhanbad,
  3. Mughalsarai,
  4. Samastipur,
  5. Sonpur
7. East Coast Railway

ECoR

 Bhubaneshwar
  1. Khurda Road,
  2. Sambalpur,
  3. Rayagada
8. North Central Railway

NCR

 Prayagraj

(Know as Allahabad)
  1. Prayagraj,
  2. Agra,
  3. Jhansi
9. North Eastern Railway

NER

 Gorakhpur
  1. Lucknow,
  2. Izzatnager,
  3. Varanasi
10. North East Frontier Railway

NFR

 Maligaon, Guwahati
  1. Katihar,
  2. Alipurduar,
  3. Rangiya,
  4. Lumding,
  5. Tinsukia
11. North Western Railway

NWR

 Jaipur
  1. Ajmer,
  2. Bikaner,
  3. Jaipur,
  4. Jodhpur
12. South Central Railway

SCR

 Secunderabad
  1. Hyderabad,
  2. Nanded,
  3. Secunderabad
13. South East Central Railway

SECR

 Bilaspur
  1. Bilaspur,
  2. Nagpur,
  3. Raipur
14. South Eastern Railway

SER

 Garden Reach, Kolkata
  1. Adra,
  2. Chakradharpur,
  3. Kharagpur,
  4. Ranchi
15. South Western Railway

SWR

 Hubli
  1. Bangalore,
  2. Hubli,
  3. Mysore
16. South Coastal Railway

SCoR

 Visakhapatnam
  1. Guntakal,
  2. Guntur,
  3. Vijayawada Waltair merged
17. West Central Railway

WCR

 Jabalpur
  1. Bhopal,
  2. Jabalpur,
  3. Kota
18. Konkan Railway

KR

 Navi Mumbai
  1. Karwar,
  2. Ratnagiri

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Indian Railway Rank Structure: Cadres

The various Group A cadres are as below: Indian Railways organisational structure

Non Technical Services

 Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by UPSC:

  • IRTS – Indian Railway Traffic Service
  • IRPS – Indian Railway Personnel Service
  • IRAS – Indian Railway Accounts Service
  • IRPFS – Indian Railway Protection Force Service

Technical Services

Engineering Services Examination (ESE) conducted by UPSC:

  • IRSE – Indian Railway Service (Civil) Engineers
  • IRSEE – Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
  • IRSME – Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
  • IRSSE – Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
  • IRSS – Indian Railway Stores Service

Medical Services

Combined Medical Services Examination (CMSE) conducted by UPSC:

  • IRMS – Indian Railway Medical Service

Who is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer CEO of Railway Board?

Who is CEO of Railway Board?:IRSME Suneet Sharma as the new chairman and CEO of the Railway Board. Suneet Sharma is a Special Class Railway Apprentice Officer of the 1978 batch. He has earlier served as the general manager of Modern Coach Factory, Rae bareli, and divisional railway manager, Pune, Central Railway.

How Many Members Are There In Railway Board?

The board is headed by a Chairman who directly reports to the Railway Minister. The board has five other members. The Railway Board’s composition has been revised recently. The newly revised structure of the board of Indian Railways would now be as –

Railway Board Member  infrastructure-Sanjeev Mittal

Railway Board Member Operations Business Development- Sanjay Kumar Mohanty

Railway Board Member Traction & Rolling Stock-  Rahul Jain

Railway Board Member Finance- Naresh Salecha

SPECIAL DUTY & DIRECTORS GENERAL OFFICER’s

Director General (RPF) – IPS. Kumar Rajesh Chandra

Director General (SAFETY)- Rahul Jain

 

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