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Rail Bhavan
Rail Bhavan in New Delhi, the seat of the Ministry
Rail Bhawan is located in Delhi
Rail Bhawan
Alternative namesRail Bhawan
General information
StatusFunctioning
Address1, Raisina Road, New Delhi
Town or cityNew Delhi
CountryIndia
Coordinates28°36′57″N 77°12′41″E / 28.615889°N 77.211399°E / 28.615889; 77.211399
OwnerGovernment of India

Rail Bhavan is the headquarters of the Indian Railways.[1] It is located at 1, Raisina Road, New Delhi, near the Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House).

The Minister of Railways Sri Suresh Prabhu sits in the Rail Bhavan, along with the Railway Board, comprising 7 members.The head is known as Chairman Railway Board which is currently presided Vinay Mittal who took over from Mr. Vivek Sahai in July 2011.[2] The Railway Board manages the functioning and operation of the 17 zonal railways, which includes the newly created zone of Kolkata Metro by Mamata Banerjee who was the former Minister of Railways and current Chief Minister of West Bengal.

References

  1. ^ [1] Ministry of Railways, Government of India
  2. ^ Friday, Jul 01, 2011 at 0225 hrs IST (2011-07-01). "Vinay Mittal appointed railway board chairman". Financialexpress.com. Retrieved 2012-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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