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Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR – India)

First line opened 1875. See India network map. Northeast Frontier Railway is a zonal constituent of Indian Railways, comprising divisions centred on Lumding, Rangiya, Katihar, Alipurduar and Tinsukia and serving 433 stations. The Lumding division is to be split, with a new Silchar division to be created covering the south ...

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National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR)

Represents railway workers across India. Address311 ChilakalagudaSecunderabad - 500071IndiaPhone+91 40 2750 0199Emailnfirindia@gmail.comWebsitewww.nfirindia.com

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North Eastern Railway (NER – India)

First line opened 1875. See India network map. North Eastern Railway is a zonal constituent of Indian Railways, comprising divisions centred on Lucknow, Varanasi and Izzatnagar. The network serves 324 stations mainly in the north of Uttar Pradesh and northwest Bihar, with some routes into Uttarakhand; it also handles most ...

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South Eastern Railway (SER – India)

First line opened 1853. See India network map. South Eastern Railway is a zonal constituent of Indian Railways, comprising divisions centred on Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur and Ranchi. The network serves 331 stations mainly in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. The South East Central Railway was until April ...

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Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC)

Opened 2019, India’s 11th metro. Single line serving 21 stations. See Delhi network map. Approved in 2014 with construction begun in 2015, Phase 1 opened on January 25 2019 (29·7 km, 21 stations). It runs from Noida Sector 51, near Delhi Metro’s Blue line/Line 3 Sector 71 station, on an ...

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Nagpur Metro Rail Corp Ltd

Opened 2019, India’s 13th metro. Two routes with 36 stations. See Nagpur network map. Government approval for a two-line, 37 station metro was given in February 2014, with the first section of Line 1 opened for limited service on March 8 2019 from Sitabuldi on the south side of the ...

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Varanasi Metro Rail Corp Ltd (VMRCL)

Metro project on hold. Central government approval for a two-line metro was received in May 2016; however, a review in 2017 and resubmission of the project led to its rejection in June 2018. The line would have run southeast from BHEL via Varanasi Jc station to Banaras Hindu University (19·3 ...

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Patna Metro Rail Corp

An initial phase of a metro for Patna, consisting of north-south and east-west routes (31 km, 24 stations), was approved by Cabinet on February 13 2019. The standard gauge network will be electrified at 25kV AC, with opening planned by 2028. On March 10 2020 Delhi Metro Rail Corp invited ...

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Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp (MRVC) Ltd

MRVC is a joint venture of the Ministry of Railways and the government of Maharashtra and was established in July 1999 to implement the rail element of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). Faced with extreme overcrowding and network capacity constraints, the project aims to segregate suburban operations from mainline ...

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Pipavav Railway Corp Ltd (PRCL)

This public-private partnership, jointly owned by the Ministry of Railways and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd, was set up to improve access to and from the port of Pipavav by converting Western Railway’s 250 km metre-gauge Surendranagar–Pipavav line to broad-gauge, construction of a new 20 km link into Pipavav Port, and ...

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North Central Railway (NCR – India)

First line opened 1853. See India network map. North Central Railway is a zonal constituent of Indian Railways, comprising divisions centred on Allahabad, Jhansi and Agra. The network serves 333 stations mainly in the southwest of Uttar Pradesh state, but also includes lines in eastern Rajasthan and northern Madhya Pradesh. ...

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South Central Railway (SCR – India)

First line opened 1853. See India network map. South Central Railway is a zonal constituent of Indian Railways, comprising divisions centred on Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Nanded, and also three further divisions at Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal. These are expected to form much of the new South Coast Railway (see below). ...

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South East Central Railway (SECR – India)

First line opened 1853. See India network map. South East Central Railway is a zonal constituent of Indian Railways, comprising divisions centred on Nagpur, Bilaspur and Raipur. The network serves 233 stations mainly in the state of Chhattisgarh, but also has extensive lines in southeast Madhya Pradesh and east Maharashtra, ...

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West Central Railway (WCR – India)

First line opened 1853. See India network map. West Central Railway is a zonal constituent of Indian Railways, comprising divisions centred on Jabalpur, Bhopal and Kota. The network serves 292 stations mainly in the state of Madhya Pradesh, but includes the Mathura – Kota – Nagda main line and branches ...

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Bhartiya Railway Mall Godam Shramik Sangh (BRMGSS)

Trade union representing Indian railway warehouse workers AddressD-86 Sahyog ViharDwarka Sector-3MatialaDelhi 110059IndiaPhone+91 11 2533 2828Emailcontact@brmgss.orgWebsitebrmgss.org

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West Bengal Transport Corp Ltd (CTC)

First line opened 1890; network now comprises 6 routes. See Kolkata network map. Formerly Calcutta Tramways Co (1978) Ltd. A once-extensive network has been scaled back, with continuing abandonments through the last decade compounded by construction work for the city metro. Just six short city-centre routes remain, with a small ...

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MetroLink Express Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad

Gujarat Metro Rail Corp Ltd

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Kolkata Port Trust Railway (KoPTR)

Operates railway networks linking to and around the ports of Kolkata (23 km) and Haldia (112 km). Address15 Strand RoadKolkata - 700001IndiaPhone+91 33 2230 3451Fax+91 33 2230 4901Emailchairman@kopt.inWebsitewww.kolkataporttrust.gov.in Traffic YearKolkataHaldia All figures in million tonnes 2021-22 5·91 24·27 ...

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Kolkata Metro

Opened 1984; India’s first metro. Four lines, serving 48 stations. See Kolkata network map. Line 1, operated as a division of Indian Railways (West Central Railway), was extended south from Mahanayak Uttam Kumar to Kavi Nazrul in August 2009 (5·9 km, 4 stations), and on to Kavi Subhash in October ...

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Kochi Metro Rail Ltd

Opened 2017, India’s eighth metro. Single route serving 25 stations. See Kochi network map. Work began on this elevated metro line in June 2013, with an initial section from Aluva southwest to Palarivatom opened on June 17 2017 (13·1 km, 11 stations). This was extended south to Maharaja’s College on ...