The Commission of Railway Safety is a government commission of
India
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. Subordinate to the
Ministry of Civil Aviation, the commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by
The Railways Act, 1989.
The agency investigates serious rail accidents. Its head office is in the North-East Railway Compound in
Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
. As of 2019, Shri Shailesh Kumar Pathak (IRSE:1986) is the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS).
Organisational structure and jurisdiction
The Commission is headed by a Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS), at Lucknow, who also acts as Principal Technical Advisor to the Central Government in all matters pertaining to railway safety. Working under the administrative control of CCRS are 9 Commissioners of Railway Safety (CRS), each one exercising jurisdiction over one or more of the 17 Zonal Railways. In addition,
Metro Railway
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
(Kolkata),
DMRC (Delhi),
MRTS (Chennai) and
Konkan Railway
The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993, between Udupi and ...
also fall under their jurisdiction. There are 5 deputy commissioners of railway safety posted in the headquarters at Lucknow for assisting the CCRS as and when required. In addition, there are 2 field deputy commissioners, one each in Mumbai and Kolkata, to assist the commissioners of railway safety in matters concerning the signalling and telecommunication disciplines.
See also
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Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau – Indian air accident investigation agency
References
External links
Shailesh Kumar Pathak appointed as the Chief Commissioner of Railway SafetyOfficial website of The Commission of Railway Safety
{{Indian commissions
Indian commissions and inquiries
Ministry of Railways (India)
Rail accident investigators
Railway safety
Government agencies established in 1961
1961 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
Organisations based in Uttar Pradesh