Eastern Railway zone

railway zone of India
Organization indian_railways_zone Q3347937
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Eastern Railway zone

Summary

Eastern Railway zone is an Indian Railways zone[1]. It draws 192 Wikipedia views per month (indian_railways_zone category, ranking #10 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eastern Railway zone is located in West Bengal[3].
  • Eastern Railway zone is in the country of India[4].
  • Eastern Railway zone's instance of is recorded as Indian Railways zone[5].
  • Eastern Railway zone's headquarters location is recorded as Eastern Railway Headquarters Building[6].
  • Eastern Railway zone's child organization or unit is recorded as Howrah railway division[7].
  • Eastern Railway zone's child organization or unit is recorded as Sealdah railway division[8].
  • Eastern Railway zone's child organization or unit is recorded as Asansol railway division[9].
  • Eastern Railway zone's child organization or unit is recorded as Malda railway division[10].
  • Eastern Railway zone's child organization or unit is recorded as Kolkata Metro[11].
  • Eastern Railway zone's Commons category is recorded as Eastern Railway zone[12].
  • Eastern Railway zone's official website is recorded as http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/[13].
  • Eastern Railway zone's replaces is recorded as East Indian Railway Company[14].
  • Eastern Railway zone's replaced by is recorded as South Eastern Railway zone[15].
  • Eastern Railway zone's reporting mark is recorded as ER[16].

Body

Operations

Eastern Railway zone's headquarters location is recorded as Eastern Railway Headquarters Building[6]. Subsidiaries include Howrah railway division[7], an Indian Railways division[17], in India[18]; Sealdah railway division[8], an Indian Railways division[19], in India[20]; Asansol railway division[9], an Indian Railways division[21], in India[22]; Malda railway division[10], an Indian Railways division[23], in India[24]; and Kolkata Metro[11], a rapid transit[25], in India[26], founded in 1984[27].

Why It Matters

Eastern Railway zone draws 192 Wikipedia views per month (indian_railways_zone category, ranking #10 of 17).[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . indianrailways.gov.in. indianrailways.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · K.Venkataramana · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/
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    Child organization or unit Howrah railway division, Sealdah railway division, Asansol railway division +2
    Instance of Indian Railways zone
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