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West Central Railway

12-West Central Railway

Locale Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Dates of

operation

2003–

Predecessor Parts of Central Railway & Western

Railway

Track gauge Mixed

Length 2911 km

Headquarters Jabalpur Railway Station

Website WCR official website

(http://www.westcentralrailway.com/)

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The West Central Railway, one of the 16 zones ofthe Indian Railways, came into existence on April 1,2003. It is headquartered at Jabalpur.

Contents

1 History

2 See also

3 Notes

4 External links

History

On April 1, 2003, the West Central Railway wasreconstituted from the Jabalpur and Bhopal divisions ofthe Central Railway (CR) and the reorganized Kota

division of the Western Railway (WR).[1] The newWest Central Railway serves eastern&central MadhyaPradesh, southern Uttar Pradesh, and northwesternRajasthan state.

See also

Trains of West Central RailwayJabalpur Junction

Bhopal Junction

Habibganj - Suburban railway station of Bhopal

Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh

Indore Junction

Notes

1. ^ "New Railway zones to be functional from April 1"(http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/rmar2003/31032003/r310320031.html) . Press Information Bureau,Government of India. March 31, 2003.http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/rmar2003/31032003/r310320031.html.

External links

West Central Railway website (http://www.westcentralrailway.com/)

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