Northern Railways: The Oldest Zone Offering Best Train Services

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Indian Railways, the biggest rail networks in India is divided into 16 zones in order to run and operate smoothly. These railway zones manage the trains running under them. Northern Railways is one among them in the northernmost zone. It is headquartered at New Delhi and is one of the oldest 9 zones in the country.

The zone offers its train services to Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Chandigarh. Northern Railways started it operation with its maiden passenger between Allahabad and Kanpur in 1859.

Some of the Trains Services in Northern Railways

There Northern Railways offers several trains which are noted for its impeccable services. These are Shatabdi Express, Rajdhani Express, and Palace on wheels and Mahapanirvana Express. Moreover the luxury trains in this zone are the Himsagar Express, New Delhi-Jabalpur Express, Kashi Vishvanath Express, Jammu Mail, Shalimar Express, and Golden Temple Mail.

The classes of travel offered in these trains are General Coaches, Sleeper coaches, Third AC, Second AC and AC First Class. The Indian Railways offer many facilities such as Interactive Voice response System, ATM machines, Electronic Displays at major stations, ticket booking counters and kiosks.  One can avail all details about the trains and also about seat availably from the self help kiosks.

Apart from this the website provides best facilities to book and manage one ticket booking. Apart from this they can also get information on PNR status, train availability, train schedule, train schedule, train codes, and many more. They can get information on Smartphone and mobile by downloading the app.