Central Railway
8-Central Railway CR's headquarters Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Dates of operation	1951–
Predecessor	Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Track gauge	Mixed
Headquarters	Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,Mumbai
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The Central Railway is one of the largest of the 16 zones of Indian Railways. Its headquarters is in Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus). It includes the first passenger railway line in India, which opened from Bombay to Thane on April 16, 1853.

The central railway covers a large part of the state of Maharashtra and parts of North-Eastern Karnataka and Southern Madhya Pradesh.

The railway zone was formed on November 5, 1951 by grouping several government-owned railways, including the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the Scindia State Railway of the former princely state of Gwalior and the Dholpur Railways.^[1]

The Central Railway zone formerly included northern Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states and part of southern Uttar Pradesh, which made it the largest railway zone in India in terms of area, track mileage and staff. These areas became the new West Central Railway zone in April 2003.

Contents 1 Major Routes of Central Railway 1.1 Connections 1.2 Neral Matheran Line 2 Divisions of Central Railway 2.1 Mumbai Division 2.2 Nagpur Division 2.3 Solapur Division 2.4 Pune Division 3 Notable Trains 4 Projects 4.1 New line 4.2 Doubling 4.3 Conversion 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Major Routes of Central Railway

• Long Routes of Central Railway
  • Mumbai CST - Dadar - Kurla - Kalyan - Manmad - Bhusawal - Wardha - Nagpur
  • Mumbai CST - Kalyan - Neral - Lonavala - Pune
  • Pune - Daund - Solapur - Wadi
  • Pune - Satara - Sangli - Miraj - Kolhapur
  • Miraj - Pandharpur - Kurduvadi - Osmanabad - Latur - Latur Road
  • Miraj-Pandharpur route is converted from NG to BG & will be opened in 2010

• Shorter/Branch routes of Central Railway are
  • Daund-Manmad
  • Nagpur-Amla-Itarsi
  • Bhusawal-Khandwa
  • Wardha-Ballarshah
  • Diva-Panvel-Roha
  • Badnera-Amaravati
  • Daund-Baramati
  • Puntamba-Shirdi
  • Chalisgaon-Dhule
  • Pachora-Jamner
  • Pulgaon-Arvi
  • Murtijapur-Yavatml
  • Murtijapur-Achalapur
  • Jalamb-Khamgaon

[edit] Connections

Central railway zone connects to other Zones of Indian railways as at

• Vasai Road Jn(WR) to Mumbai WR railway division of Western Railway Zone,
• Roha to Konkan Railway
• Mamnad Jn to Nanded railway division of South Central Railway Zone,
• Jalgaon Jn to Mumbai WR railway division of Western Railway Zone,
• Khandwa Jn to Bhopal railway division of Western Central Railway Zone
• Khandwa Jn to Nanded railway division of South Central Railway Zone for Meter Gauge
• Akola Jn to Nanded railway division of South Central Railway Zone for Meter Gauge
• Nagpur Jn to Nagpur SEC railway division of South East Central Railway Zone
• Itarsi Jn(WCR) to Bhopal division of Western Central Railway Zone,
• Chhindwara(SECR) to Nagpur SEC railway division of South East Central Railway Zone
• Ballarshah to Secundarabad railway division of South Central Railway Zone
• Pimpalkutti to Nanded railway division of South Central Railway Zone
• Wadi Jn to Secundarabad railway division of South Central Railway Zone
• Wadi Jn to Guntakal railway division of South Central Railway Zone
• Hotgi Jn to Hubli railway division of South Western Railway Zone
• Miraj Jn to Hubli railway division of South Western Railway Zone
• Latur Road to Nanded division of South Central Railway Zone

[edit] Neral Matheran Line

Constructed in 1907, the narrow gauge Matheran line connects Neral on the Mumbai-Pune main line with the hill station of Matheran in the Western Ghats, east of Mumbai. Neral is linked to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) by frequent suburban electric trains. Steam engines have now been replaced by diesel locomotives but it is still a pleasurable journey. The route is noted for its sharp curves.

[edit] Divisions of Central Railway

It is organized into five divisions: Mumbai CST, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur and Pune. The details of the network divisionwise are as follows ^[2]

[edit] Mumbai Division

• Mumbai CST-Dadar-Kurla
  • Mumbai CST - Wadala Road- Kurla (Harbour Line)
    • Wadala - Kings Circle - Mahin Jn - Bandra (Harbour Line)
  • Kurla - Trombay(Goods)
  • Kurla - Mankhud - Vashi - Nerul - Belapur - Panvel
    • Sanpada - Airoli - Thane
• Kurla-Thane-Diva Jn- Kalyan
  • Diva Jn-Panvel-Roha
    • Panvel-Jasai-Uran
      • Jasai-JNPT
  • Diva Jn- Vasai Road
• Kalyan Jn-Kasara-Igatpuri (Inclusive)
• Kalyan Jn-Neral Jn-Karjat Jn-Lonavala (Inclusive)
  • Neral Jn - Matheran (Narrow Gauge)
  • Karjat Jn-Panvel
  • Karjat Jn-Khopoli

[edit] Nagpur Division

• Badnera Jn(Exclude)- Pulgaon Jn - Wardha Jn - Butibori Jn-Nagpur Jn
  • Pulgaon Jn-Arvi (Narrow Gauge)
  • Butobori Jn - Umrer
• Wardha Jn- Majri Jn - Tadali Jn - Chandrapur-Ballarshah Jn(Include)
  • Majri Jn - Wani Jn - Rajur
    • Wani Jn - Pimpalkutti
  • Tadali Jn - Ghugus
  • Ballarshah Jn - Chanda Fort
• Nagpur-Amla Jn-Itarsi Jn(exclude)
  • Amla Junction-Chhindwara(exclude)

[edit] Solapur Division

• Manmad(exclude)-Ahmednagar-Daund Jn
• Daund Jn - Kurudwadi Jn - Solapur
  • Kurudwadi Jn- Pandharpur
  • Kurudwadi Jn-Latur (Gauge Conversion NG-to-BG)
• Solapur - Hotgi Jn - Gulburga - Wadi Jn (Include)

[edit] Pune Division

• Lonavala (exclude)-Pune Jn-Daund Jn(exclude)
  • Daund Jn(exclude) - Baramati
• Pune Jn - Satara - Sangli - Miraj Jn - Kolhapur
  • Miraj Jn - Pandharpur (Gauge Conversion NG-to-BG)

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[edit] Notable Trains

• 2261/2262 Duronto Express - Mumbai to Howrah Super Fast Non-stop Express & run in LHB Coaches (Managed by South Eastern Railway (S.E))
• 2123/2124 Deccan Queen - Pune to Mumbai, pride of the Central Railway
• 2105/2106 Vidarbha Express - Mumbai to Gondia
• 2859/2860 Gitanjali Express - Mumbai to Howrah(Although Engine belongs to [South Eastern Railway] & coaches belong to East Coast Railway)
• 1017/1018 Chalukya Express - Mumbai to Bangalore
• 2137/2138 Punjab Mail - Mumbai to Ferozpur
• 2701/2702 Hussainsagar Express - Mumbai to Hyderabad
• 2534/2533 Pushpak Express - Mumbai to Lucknow
• 2129/2130 Azad Hind Express - Pune to Howrah
• 1013/1014 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express to Coimbatore
• 1019/1020 Konark Express - Mumbai to Bhubaneshwar
• 1039/1040 Maharastra Express - Kolhapur to Gondia
• 8029/8030 Shalimar-Kurla(T)Express - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Shalimar(Although & coaches belong to South Eastern Railway (S.E) And Engine belongs to Eastern Railway (E.R))
• 2101/2102 Jnaneshwari Super Deluxe Express - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Howrah (Although Engine belongs to South Eastern Railway (S.E), but Coaches belongs to Central Railway (C.R))
• 2289/2290 Mumbai to Nagpur Duranto Exp.(CR's firstever non-stop train)
• 1011/1012 Mahalaxmi Express - Mumbai to Kolhapur

[edit] Projects

[edit] New line

• Amravati-Narkher
• Ahmednagar-Parli Vaidynath
• Puntamba-Shirdi
• Lonand-Phaltan-Baramati

[edit] Doubling

• Solapur-Mohol(Doubling)

[edit] Conversion

• Kurduvadi-Latur(NG to BG)
• Miraj-Pandharpur(NG to BG)

[edit] See also

• Mumbai suburban railway
• Harbour line
• Trains of CR

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bhusawal Division
• CENTRAL Railway local Train Timetable
• Detailed Mumbai Local Train Time Table
• Detailed Mumbai Local Train Time Table (Mobile)

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