The Northern Railway was established in 1952 and is one of the largest zones of Indian Railways. It is also believed to pioneer various innovations and modernizations in the railway sector. The actual journey across various cities in the country began with the establishment of Northern Railways.
Northern Railways has it’s headquarter in New Delhi at Baroda House. It comprises of five divisions comprising Ambala,Delhi, Firozpur, Lucknow and Moradabad and is known to serve eight different states. These states include Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Northern Railway is also the first railway to introduce diesel and electric locomotive simulators in India at the Tughlakabad and Kanpur locomotive sheds. These have eventually help to upgrade the skills of the working and new drivers, and also provides them training for high speed train operation.
It is said that Northern Railways was the first zone of Indian Railways to introduce computerized online reservation in February 1986. It also offers other benefits to all the customers and passengers at the stations. Some of the key advantages offered are Electronic Display System, Interactive Voice Response System, Reservation Availability Position Information Display, Recorded Coach Guidance, Self Dial Telephone Reservation Enquiry Booths (I ASK), Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) and Money Changing Facilities.
It also gives opportunity to unreserved passengers to travel through trains in case of emergencies. Passengers in case of an emergency can buy an unreserved train ticket and travel through any passenger train but only in a local compartment.
There is much to know about the Northern Railways on http://www.nr.indianrail.gov.in/