Northern Railway (NR)
Northern Railway is a zonal railway administered under the Ministry of Railways. It is headquartered at Baroda House in New Delhi and was officially notified as a railway zone on 14 April 1952. Official Northern Railway documents show continuing headquarters activity at Baroda House in 2025.
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How we verify →Northern Railway is a zonal railway administered under the Ministry of Railways. It is headquartered at Baroda House in New Delhi and was officially notified as a railway zone on 14 April 1952. Official Northern Railway documents show continuing headquarters activity at Baroda House in 2025.
What happened
Northern Railway is headquartered at Baroda House in New Delhi, according to the Northern Railway zone page and official Northern Railway documents.
"Officially notified as a new railway zone on 14 April 1952, its origin goes back to 3 March 1859", according to the Northern Railway zone page.
The Ministry of Railways' Manual of Office Procedure classifies zonal railways as subordinate offices, and an official Northern Railway document identifies its Headquarters Office at Baroda House, New Delhi.
What we could not confirm
Headquarters city and zone dates above come from a secondary page because official railway sub-pages fetched returned no usable sentences; this should be rechecked against the Railway Year Book or a gazette. Exact zone financials, employee count, and any 2025/2026 official development (new lines, trains, CAG finding) could not be confirmed from pages actually accessible and are left null. Shareholding is not applicable to a departmental undertaking.