No. Name Abbr. Headquarters Date established
1.Northern Railway NR Delhi April 14, 1952
2.North Eastern Railway NER Gorakhpur 1952
3.Northeast Frontier Railway NFR Maligaon(Guwahati) 1958
4.Eastern Railway ER Kolkata April, 1952
5.South Eastern Railway SER Kolkata 1955,
6.South Central Railway SCR Secunderabad October 2, 1966
7.SouthernRailway SR Chennai April 14, 1951
8.Central Railway CR Mumbai November 5, 1951
9.Western Railway WR Mumbai November 5, 1951
10. South Western Railway SWR Hubli April 1, 2003
11. North Western Railway NWR Jaipur Oct 1, 2002
12. West Central Railway WCR Jabalpur April 1, 2003
13. North Central Railway NCR Allahabad April 1, 2003
14. South East Central Railway SECR Bilaspur, CG April 1, 2003
15. East Coast Railway ECoR Bhubaneswar April 1, 2003
16. East Central Railway ECR Hajipur Oct 1, 2002
17. Konkan Railway† KR Navi Mumbai Jan 26, 1998