Chairman Railway Board (India)

Railway Board
Ministry of Railways
Government of India

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Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Rail Bhavan, Raisina Marg, New Delhi — 110011
Website	indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/
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Indian Railway network

The Chairman of the Indian Railway Board is the administrative head of the Indian Railways, which functions under the overall control of the Parliament of India through the Minister for railways.

The Indian Railway Board was constituted in 1922, with a Chief Commissioner of Railways as its head, who was solely responsible to the Government for decisions on technical matters and for advising the Government on matters of policy.

In April, 1951 the post of Chief Commissioner was abolished and the seniormost functional Member was appointed the Chairman of the Board.

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