Southern Railway is one of the 17 zones of the Indian railways. Sometimes, on internet or on search engines like google, Indians land on southern railway website of london railway service. So avoid confusion, this post refers to that of Indian rail service and not of london rail service.
Southern Railway was created on April 14, 1958 with its headquarter in chennai. It covers the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and small portions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. More than 10 Lakh passengers travel via Chennai centrail station alone. It is one of the most profitable division. Various upgradation and improvements have been implemented with time including formation of new divisions, introduction of new and improved trains.Most of the tracks are boad gauge type.
Southern Railway reservation are also handled by irctc. One can check pnr status of it the same way as one checks of other zones i.e. on indianrail.gov.in . Official website for more info on southern railway is www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in .
How to make Southern railway reservation
TO make railway reservation of Southern railway zone, follow the same approach you use to make reservation of other rail zones. There is no distinction in procedures. TO know more about procedures, just open the page Railway Reservation .
How to check PNR status of Southern Railway
Checking pnr status of any zones of India be it southern or nothern or eastern are all same i.e. by following the same procedure. To know more about the procedure, follow the link pnr status