Lok Sabha Question No. 2942 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Separate Railway Zone
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2942 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## SEPARATE RAILWAY ZONE

2942. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    the  traditional  criteria  fixed  by  Railways  for  creating  a  separate Railway Zone for a new area; (b)  whether there is any requirement of a minimum amount of traffic and income to be generated for a proposed zone if so, the details thereof; (c)  whether any  weightage  is given  to the  backwardness  of a particular area to create a new Railway Zone; and (d)  if so,  the number  of Railway Zones  in the country  and the respective
- gross income generated by them during the last three years?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2942 BY MS. RAMYA HARIDAS TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.07.2019 REGARDING SEPARATE RAILWAY ZONE

(a) to (c) : New Zones on Indian Railways are set up keeping in view the factors like size, workload, accessibility, traffic patterns and other operational/administrative  requirements  consistent  with  the  needs  of  economy and efficiency, without any regional considerations.

(d): At present, there are 17 Zones on Indian Railways and their respective gross income generated in last three years, is as under:

| S.No.   | Zonal Railway              | Gross income generated ( ` in Crore)   | Gross income generated ( ` in Crore)   | Gross income generated ( ` in Crore)   |
|---------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|         |                            | 2016-17                                | 2017-18                                | 2018-19                                |
| 1.      | Central Railway            | 12,711.23                              | 13,703.04                              | 15,387.84                              |
| 2.      | Eastern Railway            | 7,171.60                               | 7,396.99                               | 7,404.29                               |
| 3.      | East Central Railway       | 10,869.43                              | 12,603.19                              | 12,858.76                              |
| 4.      | East Coast Railway         | 14,879.44                              | 16,836.54                              | 17,671.16                              |
| 5.      | Northern Railway           | 16,261.00                              | 17,609.50                              | 16,424.92                              |
| 6.      | North Central Railway      | 13,293.50                              | 15,452.23                              | 15,685.20                              |
| 7.      | North Eastern Railway      | 3,140.38                               | 3,305.46                               | 3,450.89                               |
| 8.      | Northeast Frontier Railway | 5,958.62                               | 5,037.96                               | 5,422.85                               |
| 9.      | North Western Railway      | 7,626.46                               | 7,281.99                               | 7,868.53                               |
| 10.     | Southern Railway           | 7,510.29                               | 7,674.38                               | 8,464.11                               |
| 11.     | South Central Railway      | 14,583.73                              | 16,332.10                              | 18,043.72                              |
| 12.     | South Eastern Railway      | 12,879.03                              | 13,984.53                              | 15,148.56                              |
| 13.     | South East Central Railway | 11,992.47                              | 13,091.27                              | 14,127.44                              |
| 14.     | South Western Railway      | 4,607.22                               | 4,816.59                               | 4,945.98                               |
| 15.     | Western Railway            | 11,721.61                              | 12,397.01                              | 14,010.47                              |
| 16.     | West Central Railway       | 9,878.29                               | 10,968.43                              | 12,820.82                              |
| 17.     | Metro Railway              | 214.74                                 | 209.94                                 | 234.52                                 |
|         | Total                      | 1,65,299.04                            | 1,78,701.15                            | 1,89,970.06                            |

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