The North Eastern Railway (abbreviated NER) is one of the 19 railway zones of

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in India. It is headquartered at

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. Zonal Rail Training Institute (ZRTI) is established in district Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. North Eastern Railway is one of the most important transit zones, that is, it is used to take in loaded wagons, especially food grains, from Northern Railway divisions like Firozpur, and move it towards Eastern belt and the Northern Frontier region (

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). Thus, it acts as an essential cog in the

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of the country. Apart from being an important transit zone, it is also at the center-stage for much inward traffic from the neighboring zones. The inward traffic comprises food grains, fertiliser, stone chips, cement, petroleum, coal, etc. As North Eastern Railway caters to a large area spread from the western part of Uttar Pradesh towards eastern Uttar Pradesh and area comprising western Bihar, it runs many passenger trains for the economically weaker sections. Thus, in its true sense, North Eastern Railway is delivering on the balance between social as well commercial objective of the Indian Railways.

History

The North Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 by combining two railway systems the

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was transferred to the North Eastern Railway on 27 February 1953. NER was bifurcated into two Railway Zones on 15 January 1958, the North Eastern Railway and the

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and all lines east of Katihar were transferred to Northeast Frontier Railway. By December 2017, railways for the first time installed 6,095

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, North Eastern Railway zone and

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, by doing away with the old practice of putting firecrackers on train tracks to alert train divers running trains on snail's pace. With these devices, train pilots precisely know in advance, about the location of signals, level-crossing gates and other such approaching markers. /economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62042305.cms Indian Railways to use GPS-enabled devices to fight fog this season ''

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Divisions

Lucknow NER railway division Lucknow NER railway division is railway division under North Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 14 April 1952. Izzatnagar railway division (at Bareilly City) and Varanasi railway division are the other tw ...

Varanasi railway division Varanasi railway division is one of the three railway divisions under North Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1 May 1969 and its headquarter is located at Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. ...

Izzatnagar railway division Izzatnagar railway division at Izzatnagar railway station located in Bareilly is a railway division under North Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 14 April 1952. Varanasi railway division and Lucknow NER ...

Major stations in North Eastern Railway zone

Area covered

NER UP & Bihar also Nepal border in three part with three division work (Varanasi, Lucknow & Izzatnagar). *1 Western Uttar Pradesh as (Mathura, Kasganj, Farrukhabad, Kanpur etc.). *2 Northern Uttar Pradesh & Awadh as (Kathgodam, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri Lucknow, Gonda, Ayodhya etc.). *3 All purvanchal region & North western Bihar as (Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Varanasi, Allahabad, Mau, Chapra etc.)

Re-organisation

On 1 October 2002, Samastipur and Sonpur divisions were transferred to

East Central Railway The East Central Railway (abbreviated ECR) is one of the 19 Zones and divisions of Indian Railways, railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Hajipur and comprises Sonpur railway division, Sonpur, Samastipur railway division, Samastipur, ...

. The present N. E. Railway (NER), after re-organisation of Railway Zones in 2002, comprises three Divisions - Varanasi, Lucknow and Izzatnagar. NER has 3,402.46 route km with 486 stations. NER primarily serves the areas of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Western districts of Bihar.

Administration

The administrative head of the zone is called General Manager, currently Shri Ashok Kumar Mishra (01/07/2022).

Routes

Express routes

* Gorakhpur–Pune Express (via Varanasi Junction, Lucknow), between and * Gorakhpur-LTT (Mumbai) SF Express (Via Gonda Junction, Aishbagh, Kanpur central)

Loco sheds

* Diesel & Electric Loco Shed, Gonda * Diesel Loco Shed, Izzatnagar * Electric Loco Shed, Gorakhpur

Cultural importance

North Eastern Railway passes through/connects to many important tourist and cultural centres like Varanasi, Sarnath, Lucknow, Allahabad, Kushinagar, Lumbani, Ghazipur City, Mau, Ballia, Suraimanpur Deoria, Siddhart Nagar, Basti, Mathura, Vrindavan, Maunath Bhanjan, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Faizabad,

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, Ranikhet, Pilibhit tiger reserve, Kausani and Dudhwa and Maharajganj, Nautanwa and Sonauli.

References

External links

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North Eastern Railway RecruitmentNorth Eastern Railway Official Site

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