TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
RAILWAYS
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South East Central Railway
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East Central Railway
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Southern Railway
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Southern Railway (abbreviated SR), headquartered at Chennai, is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. It is the earliest of the 19 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first train of South India started operating in June 1856 from Royapuram railway station. The station also remained the headquarters of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway till 1922, when the headquarters was shifted to Egmore.
Detailed explanation-3: -Founded in 1923, the Southern Railway took over the railways of South-East England and came to consist of five major railway companies and 14 small ones. The Southern Railway had works at Ashford, Brighton, Lancing and Eastleigh.
Detailed explanation-4: -1. Formation and development. The Southern Railway Zone was initially created as Great Southern India Railway Co in 1853, the year when the first train ran in India between Mumbai (then Bombay) and Thane, but it was registered in 1859.