The South East Central Railway (abbreviated SECR) is one of the 19 Railway Zones in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. The Zone Office is headquartered at Bilaspur and comprises the Bilaspur,

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nagpur is projected to ...

and

Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Ch ...

Division.

History

This Zone was formerly part of the South Eastern Railway. It was inaugurated on 20 September 1998 and dedicated to the nation on 1 April 2003.

Divisions

Bilaspur railway division Bilaspur railway division is one of the three railway divisions under South East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1 April 1952 and its headquarters is located at Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur in the ...

* Raipur railway division * Nagpur SEC railway division

Infrastructure

Bilaspur Railway Station is a regional hub for the system. It is the busiest junction in Chhattisgarh and the fourth-busiest in Central India. The zone's major stations are

Itwari railway station Itwari is a railway station, junction, and terminus about 5 km from Nagpur railway station in Maharashtra state of India. A few trains also terminate at this station. It is also a narrow-gauge line railway junction. The station code ...

(ITR),

Gondia Gondia (also spelled Gondiya) is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra which serves the administrative headquarters of the eponymous administrative district. Gondia is also known as ''Rice City'' due to the abundance ...

(G), (BRD), Dongargarh (DGG),

Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon is a city in Rajnandgaon District, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. the population of the city was 163,122. Rajnandgaon district came into existence on 26January 1973, as a result of the division of Durg district. History ...

(RJN),

Durg Junction railway station Durg Junction Railway Station, is a junction station located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It serves Durg, Bhilai city and the adjoining areas of it. Durg Junction is the part of South East Central Railway. It is one of the largest rai ...

(DURG),

Bhilai Power House railway station Bhilai Power House railway station is the second main railway station in Durg district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Its code is BPHB. It serves the Bhilai urban areas. The station consists of three platforms. The Bhilai Power House is ...

(BPHB), Bhilai (BIA),

(R),

Bhatapara Bhatapara is a city and a Nagar Palika (municipality) in the Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara district of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. History During the British rule from 1854 to 1864, Baloda Bazar and Bhatapara were part of the Raipur district. ...

(BYT), Tilda (TLD), Bilaspur (BSP), Gevra Road (GAD), Champa (CPH), Raigarh (RIG), and Anuppur (APR), all of which lie on the Mumbai-Howrah and Mumbai-

Katni Katni officially Murwara is a city on the banks of the Katni River Katni River is a river that flows through the Katni District in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Located in the northeastern part of India. The river was named after Kate ...

- Bilaspur main lines. Bilaspur, Gondia, Durg and Raipur are the zone's major junctions. By 2007, SECR had added a third rail line between

Durg Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg-Bhilai is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur ...

and Raigarh, And a tender has been passed in October 2019 to add the fourth line between Raigarh and

due to the heavy freight contranment.

Loco sheds

Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Bhilai of the South East Central Railway zone in Chhattisgarh, India. Histor ...

* Electric Loco Shed, Bilaspur * Electric & Diesel Loco Shed, Raipur * Diesel Loco Shed, Motibagh (Nagpur)

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