There are 19 railway zones in India including the Metro railway and Kolkata.
The 19 zones of the railway are:
- Central Railway,headquartered in Mumbai
- Konkan Railway,headquartered in Navi Mumbai
- Metro Railway in Kolkata
- Northern Railway, headquartered in Delhi
- North Central Railway, headquartered in Prayagraj
- North Eastern Railway, headquartered in Gorakhpur
- Northeast Frontier Railway, headquartered in Maligaon
- North Western Railway, headquartered in Jaipur
- Eastern Railway, headquartered in Kolkata.
- East Central Railway, headquartered in Hajipur
- East Coast Railway, headquartered in Bhubaneshwar
- Southern Railway, headquartered in Chennai Central
- South Central Railway, headquartered in Secunderabad Junction.
- South Coast Railway, headquartered in Visakhapatnam
- South Eastern Railway, headquartered in Garden Reach, Kolkata
- South East Central Railway, headquartered in Bilaspur
- South Western Railway, headquartered in Hubbali
- Western Railway, headquartered in Mumbai
- West Central Railway, headquartered in Jabalpur
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Kolkata city has the maximum number of Railway Headquarters in India.
The largest railway zone is Northern Railway, and the smallest railway zone is the North Eastern railway zone.
The first railway zone in India is the Southern Railway Zone.
The biggest railway station in India is Howrah Junction of West Bengal.
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