Trains of South East Central Railway (India)
South East Central Railways is a unit of Indian Railways headquartered in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. It was carved out of two divisions of the South Eastern Railway—the erstwhile Bengal Nagpur Railway and Nagpur—by creating another division. Although no division was added from the Central Railway, the name "South East Central" was adopted, as it lies between the Central Railway and South Eastern Railway zones. Its railway code is SECR and it caters to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharasthra and a small portion of Orissa. Major junctions include Nagpur, Katni, Anuppur, Champa and Gondia Raipur. A narrow-gauge track enters Jabalpur Station, which is the headquarters of the West Central Railway.
Limit ending of SECR
- Nagpur (excluding) for Central Railway
- Chanda Fort (excluding)
- Jharsuguda (excluding) for South Eastern Railway
- Katni Junction (excluding)
- Mandir Hasaud (including) for East Coast Railway
- Chhindwara Junction (including) for Central Railway
- Bhilai houses the WAM4 type of electric locomotives while Katni shelters WDM2, WDM2A and WDM3A Diesel-class locomotives.
Numbering
Bilaspur Division is categorized by the 82XX series of Indian railway numbering for Express Trains and 28XX for Super Fast Express Trains, which is shared by South Eastern Railways and East Coast Railways.
Raipur has ZDM-series narrow-gauge locomotives, which cater to main narrow-gauge railways.
Popular trains
- Bilaspur Rajdhani between New Delhi and Bilaspur
- Chhattisgarh Express/Passenger between Bilaspur and Amritsar via Nagpur, Itarsi, Hoshangabad, Bhopal, Vidisha, Bina, Gwalior and New Delhi
- Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express between Durg and Nizamuddin via Bilaspur, Katni and Bina
- Amarkantak Express between Bhopal and Durg via Bilaspur, Jabalpur and Itarsi
- Gorakhpur Durg Express biweekly via Bilaspur, Katni, Varanasi
- Betwa Express between Durg and Kanpur Central biweekly via Bilaspur, Katni, Allahabad
- Katni - Bilaspur East Madhya Pradesh Express between Katni and Korba
- Intercity Express between Bilaspur and Bhopal via Durg and Raipur
- Jan Shatabdi Express between Gondia and Patna
- Bilaspur Bhopal Express via Katni and Bina
- Chennai Bilaspur Express Weekly via Gondia, Chandafort, Ballarshah and Vijayawada
Other trains terminating at South East Central Railways
- Visakhaptnam Bilaspur - Korba via Raipur, Titlagarh, Rayagada
- Korba - Trivandrum biweekly via Nagpur, Vijayawada, Chennai, Coimbatore
- Durg - Chappra Saranath Express via Varanasi, Katni, Bilaspur
- South Bihar Express between Patna and Tatanagar via Jharsuguda
- Yesvantpur (Bangalore) Weekly Express via Secunderabad, Nagbhir, Gondia, Raipur, Bilaspur
- BSP-TPTY Express between Tirupati and Bilaspur biweekly via Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Raipur
- Korba-Bilaspur-Vizag Express Daily between Visakhapatnam and Korba
See also
- Trains of West Central Railway (India)
- Trains of South Central Railway (India)
- Bhopal Express
- Bhopal Shatabdi Express
- Taj Express
- Malwa Express
- Satpura Express
- Avantika Express
- Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti