North Central Railway (NCR)
North Central Railway is a zonal railway of Indian Railways under the Ministry of Railways, headquartered at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It comprises the Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra divisions. On 15 January 2025, the Ministry of Railways reported 137 additional trains operated or being run to Prayagraj that day, alongside 349 regular trains, as part of the wider Maha Kumbh plan for more than 13,100 trains.
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How we verify →North Central Railway is a zonal railway of Indian Railways under the Ministry of Railways, headquartered at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It comprises the Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra divisions. On 15 January 2025, the Ministry of Railways reported 137 additional trains operated or being run to Prayagraj that day, alongside 349 regular trains, as part of the wider Maha Kumbh plan for more than 13,100 trains.
What happened
North Central Railway came into existence in its present form on 1 April 2003, is headquartered at Prayagraj and comprises the Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra divisions, per the NCR portal.
The NCR portal reports a total staff strength of 68,856 as of 19 December 2025.
The Ministry of Railways reported on 15 January 2025 that 137 additional trains were operated or being run to Prayagraj that day, besides 349 regular trains; passengers at Prayagraj stations exceeded 15.6 lakh in the first two days.
The PIB release describes a wider Indian Railways plan for more than 13,100 trains over the 46-day Maha Kumbh, including over 3,100 specials. It also reports 9 stations, 48 platforms, 17 new Yatri Ashrayas and about 5,900 security personnel across the NCR, NER and NR zones in the Prayagraj area.
What we could not confirm
The linked annual-report PDF could not be fetched; no NCR-specific financial figure was verified from the opened pages, so financials remain null.