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 14-South East Central Railways | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bilaspur Junction |
| Locale | Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha |
| Dates of operation | 2003; 22 years ago (2003)– |
| Predecessor | South Eastern Railway Zone |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Broad Gauge |
| Electrification | Yes |
| Other | |
| Website | www |
TheSouth East Central Railway (abbreviatedSECR) is one of the 19Railway Zones inIndia. The zonal headquarters are located atBilaspur and comprises theBilaspur,Nagpur SEC andRaipur.[1]
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.
Bilaspur Railway Station is a regional hub for the system. It is the busiest junction inChhattisgarh and the fourth-busiest inCentral India for passenger trains. It is one of busiest junctions of Indian Railway due to heavy freight movements ofcoal,steel,cement from East India to West & North India. The junction is upgraded to handle quadruple (4th line) and triple (3rd line) between Jharsuguda - Bilaspur - Durg and Bilaspur - Katni.
The zone's major passenger stations areNetaji Subash Chandra Bose Itwari (NITR),Gondia (G),Bhandara Road (BRD),Dongargarh (DGG),Rajnandgaon (RJN),Durg Junction railway station (DURG),Bhilai Power House railway station (BPHB),Bhilai (BIA),Raipur (R),Bhatapara (BYT),Tilda (TLD),Bilaspur (BSP),Gevra Road (GAD),Janjgir Naila (NIA),Champa (CPH),Raigarh (RIG), andAnuppur (APR), most of which lie on the Mumbai-Howrah and Delhi-Katni-Bilaspur main lines. Bilaspur, Gondia, Durg, Anuppur and Raipur are the zone's major junctions. By 2007, SECR had added a third rail line betweenDurg andRaigarh.
By 2024 fourth railway line between Bilaspur and Jharsuguda will be operational. Fourth railway line betweenBilaspur andDurg due to the heavy freight movement was approved in FY23-24 railway budget.
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