Southern Railway

Southern Railway is the first and oldest railway zones of the Indian Railways from its sixteen present zones. The Southern India railway came into existence on 14th April 1951 covering 9,654 route kms. Three state railways of that time namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore state railway were merged to form this entity.

As the name suggests Southern Railway’s present network extends over a large area of Southern India covering the states of Kerala, Tamilnadu, Pondicherry, and some parts of Andhra Pradesh.. The Southern Railways extends from Mangalore on the west, Kanniyakumari in the south to Renigunta in the North West and Gudur in the North East.

The Southern Railway is headquartered at Chennai, the capital of  Tamil Naidu and comprises of the following six divisions.

  • Chennai
  • Tiruchirapalli
  • Madurai
  • Palghat
  • Trivandrum
  • Salem

    

Southern railway enquiry numbers
General Enquiry 131
Reservation Enquiry 132
Train Arrival & Dep (B.G) Central 133
Train Arrival & Dep (M.G) Egmore 134
Reservation Enquiry (Egmore) 135
Interactive Voice Response System Ticket Enquiry
In English 1361
In Hindi 1362
In Tamil 1363
Rail Reservation Centres in
Chennai
(Reservation Hrs 08:00-14:00 & 14:15-20:00
Sun:08:00-14:00)
Avadi Rly Station 26555408
Annanagar 26631188
Airport 22560551
Besant Nagar 24901186
Central Railway Station 25353816
Egmore Railway Station 28194579
Mambalam Railway Station 24643755
Mylapore Railway Station 24954252
Perambur Railway Station 25510359
Saidapet Railway Station 24329970
Tambaram Railway Station 22365921
Tiruvotiyur Railway Station 25735314
Beach Railway Station 25234397

Salem is the newest division if the Southern Railways

Nearly about 600 million passengers commute annually on the southern railway network.

Given the high volumes of traffic that is carried on the Railway, efforts are continuing in capacity expansion works such as dual rail tracks and meter to broad gauge conversion.

In the field of IT, Southern Railway is the first to complete networking of all its terminals through freight operations information system (FOIS) opening new horizons in freight operation management.

Today Southern railway manages 195 mail/express trains daily 557 suburban trains and 275 passenger train services daily and has more than 5000 coaches and more than 10000 wagons in its kitty.

PNR status southern railway

Pnr status for waitlisted and RAC ticked can be checked online from Indian Railway website  www.indianrail.co.in

Southern Railways reservation / Ticket Booking

You can plan, book your tickets online, enquire about the status of your reservation with your PNR number, plan and book round tour tickets, check current availability status, suburban train tickets and other travel related services now including hotels and travel packages also on in the Indian Railways Catering and tourism Corporation website www.irctc.co.in.

Souther Railway contact details

Head office

Designation
Office Telephone No.
General Manager
044-25353157
Additional General Manager and Director Public Grievances
044-25353743
Chief Commercial Manager
044-25353148
Chief Operations Manager
044-25355829
Chief Public Relations Officer
044-25353455

Divisional offices

Designation Office Telephone No.
CHENNAI DIVISION
Divisional Railway Manager 044-25355900
Additional Divisional Railway Manager 044-25358131
Additional Divisional Railway Manager 044-25351136
MADURAI DIVISION
Divisional Railway Manager 0452-2604604
Additional Divisional Railway Manager 0452-2604714
PALGHAT DIVISION  
Divisional Railway Manager 0491-2555296
Additional Divisional Railway Manager 0491-2555343
TRICHY DIVISION
Divisional Railway Manager 0431-2411204
Additional Divisional Railway Manager 0431-2416105
TRIVANDRUM DIVISION
Divisional Railway Manager 0471-2325828
SALEM DIVISION
Divisional Railway Manager 0427-2449957
Content updated in January 2023
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