Zones and divisions of Indian Railways
The Indian Railways is divided into zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions, each having a divisional headquarters. There are a total of 69 divisions.[1]
Each of the divisions, is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) who reports to the General Manager (GM) of the zone. A DRM can be appointed from any services of Indian Railway, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Revenue Service (IRS) for the tenure of 3 years but it can be exceeded on the recommendation of Railway Board. Divisional officers heading all departments viz. engineering, mechanical, electrical, signal and telecommunication, accounts, personnel, operating, commercial, safety, medical, security branches report to the Divisional Railway Manager. The DRM is assisted by one or two Additional Divisional Railway Managers (ADRM) in the working of the division.
Contents
List of zones and its divisions
There are 16 zones and the 68 divisions are listed below:[2]
Organisation
A typical division has an average track length of about 1000 km and staff strength of about 15000. All the departments and services of the Indian Railways are represented in a Division.[66][67][68][69]
Sl. No | Name of Department | Headed by | Abbre. | Role and function |
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1. | Engineering Department | Senior Divisional Engineer | Sr.DEN | Maintenance of all fixed assets of the Division, i.e. Track, Bridges, Buildings, Roads, Water supply etc. |
2. | Mechanical Engineering & Power (Transportation) Department | Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer | Sr.DME | Maintenance of all rolling stock of the@ Division (except electric locos and EMU/MEMUs), i.e. locomotives, passenger and freight cars; and technical super etc. |
3. | Electrical Engineering Department | Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer | Sr.DEE | Maintenance of all electric locomotives, EMUs/MEMUs and fixed electrical assets of the Division, i.e. Overhead equipment, lighting and power for railway establishments etc. |
4. | Signal & Telecommunication Engineering Department | Senior Divisional Signal & Telecommunication Engineer | Sr.DSTE | Management of the Signalling and Telecommunication (S&T) infrastructure of the division for Safe Train operations; |
5. | Operating and Traffic (Transportation) Department | Senior Divisional Operations Manager | Sr.DOM | Train operations |
6. | Commercial Department | Senior Divisional Commercial Manager | Sr.DCM | Passenger ticketing, ticket checking, booking of freight rakes and collecting fares |
7. | Medical Department | Chief Medical Superintendent | CMS | Providing medical facilities to railway employees and their families |
8. | Safety Department | Senior Divisional Safety Officer | Sr.DSO | Ensuring safety of train operations |
9. | Stores Department | Senior Divisional Controller of Stores | Sr. DCOS | Ensuring material for maintenance of trains (material for all departments except the Engineering Department) |
10. | Accounts Department | Senior Divisional Accounts Officer | Sr. DAO | Financial management of the division |
11. | Personnel Department | Senior Divisional Personnel Officer | Sr. DPO | HR functions |
12. | Security Department | Senior Divisional Security Commissioner | Sr. DSC | Security of railway material, passenger and passenger belongings |
Control Room
Every division has a Control Room for train operations, from where all the trains in the division are controlled and monitored.
Accident Relief Trains
Every division has Accident Relief Trains (ARTs), Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs) and Breakdown Cranes for assisting in disaster management. These are under the supervision of the SrDME of the Division, who is also the head of Disaster Management of the Division.
Locomotive Sheds
The Diesel Locomotive Sheds and Electric Locomotive Sheds on the division maintain diesel and electric locomotives respectively. Their administrative control is with the DRM.
Coaching Depots and Sick Lines
Every division has some coaching depots to maintain its passenger cars and sick lines to maintain freight cars which are found unfit at the freight examination points.
See also
References
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