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Indian Transport System

This document summarizes key aspects of India's transport system, including 17 railway zones and their headquarters, 12 major sea ports and their locations, 5 inland waterways and the rivers they cover, and a list of major airports in India and their locations. It provides overviews of India's extensive rail, sea, inland water, and air transport infrastructure networks.

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Indian Transport System

This document summarizes key aspects of India's transport system, including 17 railway zones and their headquarters, 12 major sea ports and their locations, 5 inland waterways and the rivers they cover, and a list of major airports in India and their locations. It provides overviews of India's extensive rail, sea, inland water, and air transport infrastructure networks.

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Indian Transport System

List of 17 zones of Indian Railways:


Sl no
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Railway Zone
Central Railway
Eastern Railway
Northern Railway
North Eastern Railway
Northeast Frontier Railway
Southern Railway
South Central Railway
South Eastern Railway
Western Railway
East Central Railway
East Coast Railway
North Central Railway
North Western Railway
South East Central Railway
South Western Railway
West Central Railway

HQ
Mumbai
Kolkata
New Delhi
Gorakhpur
Guwahati
Chennai
Secunderabad
Kolkata
Mumbai
Hajipur
Bhubaneswar
Allahabad
Jaipur
Bilaspur
Hubli
Jabalpur

List of 12 Major Sea Ports of India


Sl No
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Name of the Port


Kandla
Mumbai
Jawaharlal Nehru
Marmugoa
Manglore
Cochin
Haldia
Paradip
Vishakapatnam
Chennai
Ennore
Tutikorin

Coast
Western Coast
Western Coast
Western Coast
Western Coast
Western Coast
Western Coast
Eastern Coast
Eastern Coast
Eastern Coast
Eastern Coast
Eastern Coast
Eastern Coast

State
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Goa
Karnataka
Kerala
West Bengal
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

Interesting Facts about Major Ports of India


1) Kandla Port is located on the Gulf of Kutch. It is the largest port of India by volume of cargo handled.
2) Mormugao Port is the leading iron ore exporting port of India with an annual throughput of around
27.33 million tonnes of iron ore traffic.
3) Panambur is the site of sea port called New Mangalore Port.
4) Paradip Port is an artificial and deep-water port.
5) Ennore Port, officially renamed Kamarajar Port Limited, is the only corporatised major port and is
registered as a company.
6) Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the largest container port in India. It was formerly known as Nhava Sheva
port.
7) New Mangalore Port is a deep water all weather port and the only major port of Karnataka.
8) Tuticorin Port is an artificial deep-sea harbour of India.
9) Madras Port is the one of the oldest port of India and the second largest port in the country.
10) Mumbai Port handles one-fifth of Indias foreign trade with predominance in dry cargo and mineral
oil from the Gulf countries.
11) Tuticorin Port is officially known as VO Chidambaranar Port.

Inland Waterways of India


There are 5 Inland Waterways in India.
Inland Waterway
National Waterway 1
National Waterway 2
National Waterway 3

Stretch
Allahabad Haldia Stretch
Sadiya Dhubri Stretch
Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch

National Waterway 4

Kakinada Pondicherry
Stretch
Talcher Dhamra Stretch

National Waterway 5

Rivers
Ganges-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River
Brahmaputra River
West Coast Canal and Champakara and
Udyogmandal canals
Godavari and Krishna

Length
1620 Km
891 Km
205 Km

Matai and Mahandai

623 Km

1095 Km

National Waterway 6 is the proposed waterway in Assam state and will connect Lakhipur to Bhanga in
river Barak. The 121 km long waterway will help in trading between town of Silchar to Mizoram State.
Advantages of Inland Waterways
1) Least transport cost for heavy and bulky cargos.
2) The risks of accidents and breakdowns, in this form of transport, are minimum as compared to any
other form of transport.
3) Capability of transporting large amount of cargos in one time from one destination to another.
4) A fuel efficient and environment friendly mode of transportation.
5) It provides much more flexible service than railways and can be adjusted to individual requirements.
6) No need of huge investment for the infrastructure like other modes of transport and less annual cost
for maintenance of river channels.
7) The cheapest means of transporting raw materials and finished goods of various industries along the
river banks.
8) Attracts Tourists and also generated income to local people.
9) Huge potential for employment of large number of people.
Major Airports in India List
Name of State
Daman and Diu
Karnataka

Name of Airport
Diu Airport
Mangalore Airport
Pune Airport
Dimapur Airport
Tiruchirapalli International Airport
Taj International Airport
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Cochin International Airport
Patnaik Airport
New Pune International Airport
Visakhapatnam Airport
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Srinagar Airport
Varanasi Airport
Pondicherry Airport
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Calicut International Airport

Nagaland
Uttar Pradesh
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Gujarat
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Jammu and Kashmir
Pondicherry
Assam

Location
Diu
Mangalore
Pune
Dimapur
Tiruchirapalli
Greater Noida
Port Blair
Ahmedabad
Cochin
Bhubaneswar
Pune
Visakhapatnam
Hyderabad
Srinagar
Varanasi
Pondicherry
Guwahati
Calicut

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