North Eastern Railway zone

North Eastern Railway
2-North Eastern Railway
Overview
HeadquartersGorakhpur
Dates of operation1952; 72 years ago (1952)–present
PredecessorOudh and Tirhut Railway
Assam Railway
Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway
Cawnpore–Achnera Provincial State Railway
SuccessorNorth Eastern Railway zone
Northeast Frontier Railway (1958)
Technical
Track gaugeMixed
Other
WebsiteNorth Eastern Railway

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

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

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 (Seven Sister States). Thus, it acts as an essential cog in the food security 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.