Where is the headquarters of East Central Railway located?

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

Bihar STET TGT (Social Science) Official Paper-I (Held On: 08 Sept, 2023 Shift 5)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Hajipur.

Important Points

Indian Railways was nationalised in 1950 and presently, it is the largest Railway Network in Asia and the second-largest in the world.
Indian railways have been divided into 19 zones:
- Central Railway - Mumbai.
- Eastern Railway - Kolkata.
- East Central Railway - Hajipur.
- East Coast Railway - Bhubaneshwar.
- Konkan Railway - Navi Mumbai.
- Northern Railway - New Delhi.
- North Central Railway - Allahabad.
- North Eastern Railway - Gorakhpur.
- North Western Railway - Jaipur.
- Northeast Frontier Railway - Guwahati.
- Southern Railway - Chennai.
- South Coast Railway - Vishakapatnam
- South Central Railway - Secunderabad.
- South Eastern Railway - Kolkata.
- South East Central Railway - Bilaspur.
- South Western Railway - Hubli.
- Western Railway - Mumbai CST.
- West Central Railway - Jabalpur.
- Metro Railway-Kolkata.

Additional Information

East Central Railway was inaugurated on 8 September 1996 with headquarters at Hajipur, Bihar.
It became operational on 1st October 2002 by carving out areas from Eastern and North Eastern Railway Zone.
It is consists of the divisions viz. Dhanbad, Danapur, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (Old name Mughalsarai) of Eastern Railway and Sonpur and Samastipur of North Eastern Railway.
ECR is also a gateway to Nepal with International traffic catering to the movement of export traffic and passengers to Nepal and vice versa.