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Central Railway zone
Central Railway (abbreviated CR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways.[1] Its headquarters are located at Mumbai.[2] It has the distinction of operating the first passenger railway line in India, which opened from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. HistoryThe railway zone was formed on 5 November 1951 by grouping several government-owned railways, including the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the Scindia State Railway of the former princely state of Gwalior, Nizam State Railway, Wardha Coal State Railway and the Dholpur State Railway.[3][4] The Central Railway zone formerly included large parts of Madhya Pradesh 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. The Central Railway General Manager's official residence (erstwhile GIPR agent's residence), 'Glenogle'-a Grade II-B heritage bungalow, is located on Bhausaheb Hire Marg (Mount Pleasant Road), adjacent to the Maharashtra Chief minister's official residence 'Varsha' in Malabar Hill, Mumbai. Routes Main/Long Routes of Central Railway
One of the oldest and important railway project of central railway zone was Kalyan-Ahmednagar railway project, which was in planning stage since British regime. It was referred to as 3rd ghat project. A survey was carried out in 1973, 2000, 2006, 2014 etc, and the project was in the Railways Board pink book in 2010, but unfortunately the project was not started. The alignment length of this project was 184 km, and it could have been the shortest route for Marathwada, Andhra and Telangana. The major challenge for this project is 18.96 km long tunnel in Malshej Ghat section.[5] Malshej Kriti samiti is following for Kalyan-Ahmednagar railway project. Kalyan-Murbad section which is first phase of this project is already under survey stage.[6] Branch/Short routes of Central Railway
UtilizationHigh
Low
ConnectionsCentral railway zone connects to other Zones of Indian railways as at: Western Railway ZoneBandra, Goregaon, Dadar, Vasai Road Konkan Railway ZoneSouth Central Railway zoneSecunderabad railway divisionGuntakal Railway DivisionNanded railway division
South East Central Railway zoneNagpur SEC railway divisionSouth Western Railway zoneHubballi railway divisionWestern Central Railway zoneBhopal divisionMatheran Hill RailwayConstructed in 1907, the narrow-gauge Matheran Hill Railway connects Neral on the Mumbai-Chennai main line with the hill station of Matheran in the Western Ghats, east of Mumbai. Neral is linked to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus by frequent suburban trains. Steam engines have now been replaced by diesel locomotives. The route is noted for its sharp curves. Divisions
OrganisationThe central railway covers a large part of the state of Maharashtra and small part of Southern Madhya Pradesh and North-Eastern Karnataka. It is organized into five divisions: Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur and Pune. The details of the network by division are as follows[7]  Mumbai Division
Malshej Kriti Samiti is following for Kalyan-Ahmednagar railway project. Kalyan-Murbad section which is first phase of this project is already under survey stage.[6] Pune Division
Nagpur Division
Solapur Division
Bhusawal Division
The number of stations category-wise under these five railway divisions under the Central Railway Zones are as follows (as of 2008) : A-1 : 7, A : 20, B : 10, C : 80, D : 45, E : 221, F : 93, Total : 476[10] Ongoing ProjectsNew lines
Doubling
Tripling
Quadrupling
Hexupling
Trains  Some of the major trains operated by Central Railway zone are as follows:
Loco Sheds
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