I think it's time for Indian Railways to be re-zoned. Right now, Indian Railways' zones and divisions are so damn messy. Near Mathura, North Central Railways and North Eastern Railways are more north than Northern Railways, duh. A part of Central Railways is down in South Central Railways' territory, LOL. Technically, North East is supposed to be in the east of North and North West in the west of North, but in some sections, the NER zone is stuck between NR and NWR. And there are some routes where the tracks of different zones run parallel. So, if you want to work on one track, getting permission from the other zone takes like 2-3 years, man. Same thing happened during the Aishbagh Manaknagar doubling project. The tracks of NR and NER are in the same place but NR made NER cry by not giving block permission. This ultimately harms us, regular passengers. Because when two zones are in the same place, they clash with each other. If you go 55 km north from Unnao Junction, you hit NER's Lucknow division, go 100 m west and you're in NR's Moradabad division, go 10 km south and bam, you're in NCR's Prayagraj division, and yep, Unnao itself is in NR's Lucknow Division, phew! In just this small section, there are 4 different divisions and 3 different zones just a short distance away. That's why there's so much conflict on this route. When a train is on NR's tracks, NR prioritizes its trains and screws up the others' schedules. When a train reaches NER, they move their trains up the list. And NCR does the same thing. That's why now railways need to rezone properly so that all the tracks around a specific division belong to that division and there's no track in between that belongs to another division. This will improve overall train efficiency and reduce zonal conflicts.

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