Chapter No:-1 INTRODUCTION
The Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) is functioning under Railway Minister as
Cabinet rank and he is associated with two Deputy Minister of Railway and Minister of States of Railway.
The Railway Board is the Chief Administrative and Executive Body assisting the Minister of Railways. you are reading this on www.operafast.com
Que.:- When was the Railway Board formed and who are the main body?
Ans.: The railway Board was formed on 18 / 02 /1905
The Main Body :-
1. Chairman of Railway Board.
2 Financial Commissioner Railways.
3 Railway Board Members:
a) Traffic.
b) Staff .
c) Mechanical Engineering.
d) Civil Engineering.
e) Electrical Engineering.
Que.:- What are the Attached offices of Railway Board?
1. The Research Design and Standard Organization (RDSO).
2. Office of the Railway Liaison Officer with Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal.
3. Railway Recruitment Board.
4. Railway Staff College, Varodara.
5. Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune.
6. The Institution of Railway Signal & Telecommunication Engineers, Secunderabad.
7. Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik.
The Railway Recruitment Boards are located in Mumbai, Kolkata ,Chennai, Allahabad, Muzaffarpur , Gauhati, Danapur,Bhopal and Chandigarh.
RDSO is located in Lucknow..
Que.:- How many zones are working under Railway Board?
Ans: - There are 15 zones are working under Railway Board. The particular are as follows.
Sr. No. Name of Zones HQ.
1. Southern Railways Chennai
2. Central Railway Mumbai.CSTM
3. Western Railway Mumbai (Churchgate)
4. Eastern Railway Kolkata
5 Northern Railway New Delhi
6 North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur
7 North East Frontier Rly Maligaon (Gauhati)
8 South Eastern Railway Kolkata
9 South Central Railway Secunderabad
10 North Central Railway Alahabad
11 North Western Railway Jaipur
12 South Western Railway Bangalore
13 West Central Railway Jabalpur
14 East Central Railway Hajipur
15 East Cost Railway Bhubaneshwar
In order to discharge the Administrative function, each Zone up to Sr. no.9 is having a -
General Manager. Two additional General Managers, Senior Dy. General Managers, Dy. General Managers , Chief Public Relations Officer, Chief Planning Officer and Heads of Department for the following functions:
a) Operating -- Chief Operating Manager..
b) Engineering -- Chief Engineer.
c) Electrical—Chief Electrical Engineer.
d) S & T—Chief Signal & Telecommunication Engineer.
e) Mechanical—Chief Mechanical Engineer.
f) Accounts—Financial Adviser and Chief Account Officer.
g) Personnel-- Chief Personnel Officer.
h) Stores --Controller of Stores.
i) Medical --Chief Medical Officer.
j) Security--Chief Security Commissioner.
Que.:-What are the productive units and other organization working directly under railway board?
Ans.—Production Units:
1. Chittaranjan Locomotive works for manufacturing of Electric Locomotives. (CLW-
Kolkata)
2. Diesel locomotive works, Varanasi, manufacturing Diesel locomotives. (DLW)
3. Integral Coach Factory at Perambur (Chennai) for manufacturing of Coaches, Electric multiple Units and goods stock.
4 Wheel and Axle Plant at Banglore for manufacturing axles.
5. Diesel Component Works at Ptiala. (DCW)
6. Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala. (RCF)
7. Railway Electrification, Allahabad. (CORE)
Other Organization:
1. Metro Railway at Calcutta.
2. Metropolitan Transport Projects, Mumbai Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) Delhi, Madras
3 Indian Railway Construction Company (IRCOM)
4. Rail India Technical and Economic Services.
Commissioner of Railway Safety:
It is an independent organization known as ‘Commissioner of Railway Safety’
functioning under the control of Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Commissioners of Railway Safety.
1 CCRS- Lucknow.
2 CRS - Central Circle Mumbai.
3 CRS- Western Circle Mumbai.
4.CRS - Eastern Circle Kolkata.
5 CRS - Northern Circle ,Delhi.
6 CRS - Southern Circle, Banglore.
Duties of Commissioner of Railway Safety:
1. Inspection of New Railway lines.
2. Periodical inspection of Open Lines
3. Approval of New Work for commissioning.
4. Investigation into accidents.
5. General Advice on matters connects train operation.
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