On the Track of Growth & Prosperity - Marching On the Path of Success

摘要

South Eastern Railway was carved out of Bengal Nagpur Railway, popularly known as BNR which was formed in the year 1887 taking over the Nagpur-Chattisgarh Railway. The entire stretch of the main line from Nagpur to Asansol of East India Railway was built in 4 years and opened to public in 1891. The rail link was also established between Sini and Howrah via Kharagpur in the year 1900 and finally it was connected with Howrah after construction of the rail bridge over River Rupnarayan at Kolaghat. The railway gradually got its recognition as Steel Enterprise Railway. The SER in its present form came into being on 1st April, 2003 after trifurcation which led to formation of present South Eastern Railway and two new zonal railways viz. South East Central Railway and East Coast Railway. The South Eastern Railway covers substantial areas of mineral wealth in India, specially iron ore.