North Eastern Railway zone

The North Eastern Railway (abbreviated NER) is one of the 18 railway zones of Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Gorakhpur.

Zonal Rail Training Institute (ZRTI) is established in district Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

North Eastern Railway is one of the most important transit zones. It takes loaded wagons, especially food grains, from Northern Railway divisions like Firozpur, towards the Eastern belt and Northern Frontier region (Seven Sister States). Thus, it acts as an essential cog in the food security of the country. It is also at the central area for much inward traffic from the neighboring zones. This traffic includes the shipping of food grains, fertiliser, stone chips, cement, petroleum, and coal.

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.