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43-599: The Northern Railway ( NR ) is one of the 17 Railway zones of India and the northernmost zone of the Indian Railways . It is headquartered at Baroda House in New Delhi . Officially notified as a new railway zone on 14 April 1952, its origin goes back to 3 March 1859. On 14 April 1952, the Northern Railway zone was created by merging Jodhpur Railway , Bikaner Railway , Eastern Punjab Railway and three divisions of

86-600: Is a list of the breakup of stations by category. (Suburban station) Halt station On 19 February 1986, Northern Railways was the first zone to introduce the computerized passenger reservation system and was the first zone to do so. To facilitate the Unreserved travellers to also plan their journey ahead, Northern Railway introduced the Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) whereby the unreserved rail passenger can purchase an unreserved ticket three days in advance from

129-553: Is an ISO 9001 Institute. Applicants pass All India Railway Examinations to get admission into the institute. ZRTI is headed by a senior Civil Services Officer. Indian Railways Zones and Divisions In March 1905, the railway branch of the Public Works Department was transferred to the newly established railway board under the department of commerce and industry by the Indian Railway Board Act. In 1908,

172-416: Is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), who are responsible for the operation and maintenance in the respective divisions. The 17 operational zones and their divisions are listed below. South Coast Railway zone is proposed to be created as the eighteenth zone, but is not yet operational as of 2023. In every zone, the functional verticals are represented by head of departments (HODs) responsible for

215-465: Is still in use as a water tank. The station was remodelled in 1934–35, when its platforms were extended and power signals were introduced. A new entrance from Kashmere Gate side was created in 1990s and new platforms were added. The platforms were renumbered in September 2011. The numbers that started from Kashmere Gate entrance as 1A and ended at 18 near the main entrance were renumbered starting as 1 from

258-455: The 1,000 mm ( 3 ft  3 + 3 ⁄ 8  in )-wide metre gauge Delhi–Rewari line to Bathinda. The Bathinda–Rewari metre-gauge line was converted to 5 ft 6 in ( 1,676 mm ) broad gauge in 1994. On 9 March 1885, the first train ran from Jodhpur Junction railway station to Luni. The New Jodhpur Railway was later combined with Bikaner Railway to form Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway in 1889. A Railway line

301-528: The East Indian Railway north-west of Mughalsarai ( Uttar Pradesh ). On 3 March 1859, Allahabad – Kanpur , the first passenger railway line in North India was opened, which falls under Northern Railway zone. In 1864, a broad-gauge track from Calcutta to Delhi was laid. In 1864, the railway line between Old Delhi and Meerut City railway station was constructed. Meerut Cantt railway station

344-553: The Union Cabinet decided to reduce the size of the board from eight to five. The chairman of the railway board reports to the Ministry of Railways and act on behalf of the ministry. The following report to the railway board: The organization is divided into separate functional groups of traction , engineering , traffic , rolling stock , signalling , materials , personnel , RPF , finance , health and safety . In 1944, all

387-600: The Yamuna river . Delhi – Sonipat Junction railway station – Panipat Junction – Ambala Cantonment Junction – Kalka Railway ran northwards from Delhi, and the Rajputana–Malwa Railway traversed the Delhi district for a short distance in the direction of Gurgaon and Rewari Junction . Delhi Railway Station was built in red stone to give the effect of nearby historic Red Fort . The station building had six clock towers and tower 4

430-560: The chairman of the board was made responsible for decisions on technical and policy matters, with the status of a principal secretary to the Government of India with an additional member added. The board was expanded with an additional member responsible for electrical engineering in 1972 and a further member responsible for health in 1976. In 2004, the board is expanded by the introduction of two new members responsible for signalling & telecom and for stores respectively. In December 2019,

473-956: The first phase of NCR RRTS where these three lines will operate from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi. NCRTC has commissioned a traffic pattern study by the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) that will determine rote and the design of stations depending on the traffic. ₹ 32,598 crore Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut RRTS will be implemented first, ground clearance is underway in December 2017, construction will commence by June 2018 and completed by 2024, for which pre-construction activities including geo-technical investigations, detailed design, utility-shifting planning and traffic diversion planning are in progress. ₹ 30,000 crore Delhi–Panipat Smart Line and 180.5 km will cost around ₹ 37,539 crore Delhi–Alwar Smart Line are awaiting DPR approval, construction to commence by

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516-519: The current booking counters. The first diesel and electric locomotive simulators in India at the Tughlakabad and Kanpur locomotive sheds were introduced by Northern Railways. These help upgrading the skills of the working and new drivers, providing them training for high-speed train operation. All workshops, diesel sheds and air brake freight departments are ISO 9000 certified. Diesel shed, Tughlaqabad has

559-631: The development of rapid rail smart projects, including Delhi–Meerut Smart Line, Delhi–Panipat Smart Line and Delhi–Alwar Smart Line have been prioritised for implementation in the first phase of NCR RRTS where these three lines will operate from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi. Designed with 180 km/h design speed, 160 km/h operational speed, and 100 km/h average speed, of six-car trains carrying 1,154 passengers running every 5 to 10 minutes on either underground or elevated point-to-point tracks where passengers will not have to change trains. 35-40% funding will be equity from Centre and state governments and

602-578: The distinction of being the first diesel shed to get ISO 14000 certification on the Indian Railway. There are eight workshops operated by Northern Railways Zonal Railway Training Institute (ZRTI) at Chandausi , Moradabad UP is the oldest (and North India's only) Railway Training Institute, where group C railway employees like Driver, Guard, Ticket Checker, Station Master, Traffic Inspector, Commercial Inspector, JE (signal & Telecom) etc. are trained for initial, promotional and refresher courses. ZRTI

645-499: The end of 2018 and completed before 2025. Delhi–Alwar line will have 19 stations, 9 underground stations from ISBT Kashmere Gate to Kherki Daula and 10 elevated stations on 124.5 km route. By December 2017, railways for the first time installed 6,095 GPS -enabled "Fog Pilot Assistance System" railway signalling devices in four most affected zones, Northern Railway zone, North Central Railway zone , North Eastern Railway zone and North Western Railway zone , by doing away with

688-524: The entire city and the Agra –Delhi railway line cut through what is today called Lutyens' Delhi and the site earmarked for the hexagonal All-India War Memorial (now India Gate ) and Kingsway (now Rajpath ). The railway line was shifted along Yamuna river and opened in 1924 to make way for the new capital. Minto (now Shivaji ) and Hardinge (now Tilak ) rail bridges came up for this realigned line. The East Indian Railway Company , that overlooked railways in

731-520: The inauguration of the New Delhi as city in 1931. Agra –Delhi railway track cut through the site earmarked for the hexagonal War Memorial (now called India Gate ) and Kingsway (now called Rajpath ). East Indian Railway Company shifted the line along the Yamuna river and opened the new track in 1924. Before the new imperial capital New Delhi was established after 1911, the Old Delhi railway station served

774-526: The infrastructure facilities to handle such high passenger rush. Also, Delhi is the connecting station for the cities in the Northern states Punjab , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir . With increasing passenger pressure at the existing stations, the requirement of additional major passenger terminals was identified by the Northern Railways. The East-bound trains from Delhi to

817-432: The main entrance and ending at 16 at Kashmere Gate entrance and some platforms were merged to form long platforms to accommodate trains of 24 coaches. The station building was renovated in 2012–13. Delhi earlier handled both broad and meter gauge trains. Since 1994, it is a purely broad-gauge station, metre-gauge traffic having been shifted to Delhi Sarai Rohilla station . In 1926, New Delhi railway station opened ahead of

860-556: The old practice of putting firecrackers on train tracks to alert train divers running trains on snail's pace. With these devices, train pilots precisely know in advance, about the location of signals, level-crossing gates and other such approaching markers. The Zonal Headquarters Office of Northern Railways is at Baroda House , New Delhi , and five divisional headquarters are located at: The first passenger railway line in North India opened from Allahabad to Kanpur on 3 March 1859. This

903-457: The other responsible for general administration, staff and traffic. In 1929, an additional member was added to the board and was assigned the responsibility for staff, so that the member in charge of traffic could focus solely on transport and commercial matters. In 1950,the railway board was re-constituted to four members with the senior-most functional member appointed the chairman of the board with no absolute over riding power. In October 1954,

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946-644: The plant for a period of 25 years. In 2016–17 Rail Budget, Yamunanagar–Chandigarh line re-survey for this ₹ 875 crore line was announced at the cost of ₹ 25 crore. In 2017–18, Indian Railway approved Panipat–Jind line and Panipat–Rohtak line electrification for ₹ 980 crore and new rail line Panipat–Shamli–Baghpat–Meerut for ₹ 2200 crore. In December 2017, National Capital Region Transport Corporation signed agreements with Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Spain's state owned company) and Société nationale des chemins de fer français (France's state owned company) to cooperate on

989-714: The present building of the Delhi Junction railway station was built with 2 platforms and opened for public in 1903. In 1900, the Ghaziabad –Moradabad link was established by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway . In 1901–02, the metre gauge Jodhpur–Bikaner line was extended to Bathinda by Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway. It was subsequently converted to broad gauge. In 1904 the Agra–Delhi line was opened. Six railway lines then entered Delhi. East Indian Railway , North-Western Railway , and Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway entered from Ghaziabad crossing

1032-516: The project implementation was approved in 2017–18 budget with an outlay of ₹ 948 crore. In 2013, Chandigarh–Sahnewal line (also referred to as Ludhiana–Chandigarh rail link) was inaugurated. In 2013, the foundation stone for the shifting of Rohtak– Makrauli section of Rohtak–Gohana–Panipat line was laid. In May 2013, a tender was awarded to enable free Wi-Fi connectivity at the New Delhi railway station , at an approximate cost of ₹ 8 million (US$ 96,000) and service became functional later in

1075-563: The railway companies in existence at the time were taken over by the Government. In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organizing Indian Railways into six regional zones which were divided subsequently to create newer zones. As of 2024, there are 17 operational zones of Indian Railways. The zones are headed by a General manager and are further sub-divided into divisions. Each division

1118-562: The region, sanctioned the construction of a single story building and a single platform between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj in 1926. This was later known as New Delhi Railway station. The government's plans to have the new station built inside the Central Park of Connaught Place was rejected by the Railways as it found the idea impractical. In 1927–28, New Delhi Capital Works project involving construction of 4.79 miles (7.71 km) of new lines

1161-512: The remaining 60% will come from multilateral funding agencies. In 2017 December, National Capital Region Transport Corporation signed agreements with Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Spain's state owned company) and Société nationale des chemins de fer français (France's state owned company) to cooperate on the development of rapid rail smart projects, including Delhi–Meerut Smart Line, Delhi–Panipat Smart Line and Delhi–Alwar Smart Line have been prioritised for implementation in

1204-455: The respective functions in the zone. Each division has functional staff who report to the geographical divisional managers and functional HODs in a matrix organization and are tasked with the operation and maintenance of assets. Staff are classified into gazetted (Groups A and B) and non-gazetted (Groups C and D) employees with gazetted employees carrying out executive/managerial level tasks. As of March 2022, Groups A & B constitute 1.5% of

1247-620: The set up was re-organized on the recommendations of the Railway Finance Committee (1908) by constituting the Railway Board headed by a president as a separate department. Pursuant to the Acworth committee's recommendations in 1921, the railway board was expanded to four members with the addition of a financial commissioner in 1924 apart from the chief commissioner, one commissioners responsible for ways and works, projects and stores and

1290-416: The states of Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , Orissa , Jharkhand West Bengal and other North-eastern states had to cross the bridge over River Yamuna as all the three stations are located on the other side of the river. Thus, the area of Anand Vihar was selected in the trans-Yamuna region to construct a mega-railway terminal. In 2010–11 Rail Budget, Panipat–Meerut line 104 km survey was announced and

1333-768: The total workforce, while Group C & D account for 98.5%. 80% of Group-A employees are recruited through Indian Railways Management Service (IRMS) with remaining through promotions. The various Group A cadres are as below include: Group B employees are recruited by departmental promotional exams of Group C employees. Recruitment of Group C employees are through exams conducted by the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB) and Group D staffs are recruited by zonal Railway Recruitment Cells (RRC). Indian Railways operates seven centralized training institutes and 295 training centers. Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka line Too Many Requests If you report this error to

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1376-461: The year. By September 2006, the second metre-gauge track from Sarai Rohilla to Rewari was also converted to broad gauge and all metre-gauge trains stopped operating between Rewari and Sarai Rohilla (though the converted track was opened for public use only in October 2007). In 2015 and 2016, work of doubling of Ghaziabad–Meerut–Khatauli (Muzaffarnagar) section of Meerut– Muzaffarnagar –Saharanpur tracks

1419-518: Was completed between Jodhpur and Bikaner in 1891. Later in 1900, it combined with Jodhpur–Hyderabad Railway (some part of this railway is in Pakistan) leading to connection with Hyderabad of Sindh Province. Later in 1924 Jodhpur and Bikaner Railways worked as independent Railways. After Independence, a part of Jodhpur Railway went to West Pakistan. In 1891, the Delhi–Panipat–Ambala–Kalka line

1462-628: Was completed. In January 2016, the 140-kilometre long (87 mi) Ghaziabad–Moradabad line was completely electrified. The Ghaziabad–Meerut–Muzaffarnagar–Saharanpur–Roorkee–Haridwar line is also open to electric trains with effect from March 2016. In 2016, Vivaan Solar, a Gwalior -based company won the contract to install 2.2 MW of rooftop solar project at the Delhi Junction railway station in late 2016. The solar power project to be set up under public–private partnership will be executed on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. The company will also be responsible for maintenance of

1505-597: Was completed. The Viceroy and royal retinue entered the city through the new railway station during the inauguration of New Delhi in 1931. New structures were added to the railway station later and the original building served as the parcel office for many years. In 1975–76, the Tundla–Aligarh–Ghaziabad track was electrified. In 1976–77, the Ghaziabad–Nizamuddin–New Delhi–Delhi track was electrified. On 1 July 1987, Ambala railway division

1548-450: Was created by transferring 639 km tracks from Delhi Division and 348 km from Firozpur Division, and it became completely operational from 15 August 1988. 62% its are lies Punjab and the rest in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh. It has 141 stations, including UNESCO World Heritage Kalka Shimla Railway . In 1992–1995, Sabjimandi–Panipat–Karnal sector

1591-483: Was doubled up to Rewari, from where single tracks diverged in five directions. In 1876, metre-gauge track from Delhi to Rewari and further to Ajmer was laid in 1873 by Rajputana State Railway . In 1879, the Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the 483-kilometre-long (300 mi) Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi. In 1884, the Rajputana–Malwa Railway extended

1634-461: Was electrified. In 1994 December, the Delhi–Rewari railway line had double metre-gauge tracks and one of the tracks was converted to broad gauge as a part of conversion of Ajmer–Delhi line. Within a few years, both the tracks from Sarai Rohilla to Delhi railway station were converted to broad gauge and all metre gauge trains stopped operating from Delhi station. In 1998–99, Ambala–Chandigarh sector

1677-613: Was electrified. In 1999–2000, Chandigarh–Kalka. In 2003, Anand Vihar Terminal railway station 's was announced as new station to be built, foundation stone laid on 25 January 2004. construction commenced in October 2006, and opened on 20 October 2009. The city of Delhi heavily depends on the Rail transport to cater for the increasing load of passengers to their destinations. The long-distance trains from Delhi used to ply from three stations namely Delhi Junction (Old Delhi), New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway stations . These stations lacked

1720-573: Was established by British India government around 1865 after the sepoy mutiny of 1857. In 1866, through trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company 's Howrah–Delhi line. In 1870, the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483 km (300 mi)-long Amritsar – Ambala – Jagadhri – Saharanpur – Ghaziabad line connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi Junction . In 1872, Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station

1763-423: Was established when the metre-gauge railway line from Delhi to Jaipur and Ajmer was being laid. It was a small station just outside Delhi as Delhi was confined to walled city then. All the metre-gauge trains starting from (and terminating at) Delhi to Rewari , Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat passed through this station. The track from Delhi to Sarai Rohilla was double. The single track from Sarai Rohilla to Rewari

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1806-557: Was followed in 1889, by the Delhi–Panipat–Ambala– Kalka line. Northern Railways previously consisted of eight divisional zones: Allahabad , Bikaner , Jodhpur , Delhi , Moradabad , Ferozpur , Ambala , and Lucknow , spanning most of North India. With the re-organisation of zones by the Indian Railways, Northern Railway zone came to its present form on 14 April 1952 and it now consists of five divisional zones. Below

1849-709: Was opened. In 1891, the Delhi–Panipat–Ambala–Kalka line was opened The 610 mm ( 2 ft )-wide narrow-gauge Kalka–Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi–Panipat–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903. In 1905 the line was regauged to 762 mm ( 2 ft 6 in )-wide narrow gauge. In 1897, the Southern Punjab Railway Co. opened the Delhi–Bhatinda–Samasatta line in 1897. The line passed through Muktasar and Fazilka tehsils and provided direct connection through Samma Satta (now in Pakistan) to Karachi. In 1900,

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