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{{Short description|Railway zone of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail
| railroad_name = South Eastern Railway
| logo_filename = File:Shortened form of South Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railways.jpg
| logo_size = 80px
| system_map = Indianrailwayzones-numbered.png
| map_caption = 5-South Eastern Railway
| map_size =
| marks =
| image = BNR Office, Garden Reach.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Garden Reach, South Eastern Railway headquarters
| locale = [[West Bengal]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]]
| start_year = {{start date and age|1955}}
| end_year = present
| predecessor_line = [[Eastern Railway zone]]
| successor_line =
| gauge =
| old_gauge =
| electrification =
| length =
| hq_city = [[Garden Reach]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/}}
}}

The '''South Eastern Railway''' (abbreviated '''SER''') is one of the 18 [[Indian Railways|railway]] zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at [[Garden Reach]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It comprises [[Adra railway division]], [[Chakradharpur railway division]], [[Kharagpur railway division]] and [[Ranchi railway division]].

==History==

===Predecessor===
The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] (BNR) Company was incorporated in 1887<ref>Rao, M.A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, p. 28</ref> to take over from the [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] and to convert the line to broad gauge. The work was completed in 1888. The extension of the main line from [[Nagpur]] to [[Asansol]] was completed by 1891. A 161-mile branch line (258 km) that connected [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] to [[Umaria]] coal mine was built and linked to the existing line from Umaria to [[Katni]] (1891). By the turn of the twentieth century, work on the Calcutta–Bombay and Calcutta–Madras lines was completed. Through the first half of the twentieth century work on the BNR lines progressed steadily. In 1921 the [[Talcher]] coalfields were connected by a railway line starting from Nergundi. In 1931, the [[Raipur]]–[[Vizianagaram]] line was set up, which connected the east coast with the [[Central Provinces and Berar|Central Province]]. By the end of the 1930s the BNR owned the largest narrow-gauge network in the country. The BNR management was taken over by the British Indian government on 1 October 1944.<ref>Rao, M.A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, p.37</ref> and continued to be called by that name until 14 April 1952, when it was amalgamated with the [[East Indian Railway]] to form one of six newly carved zones of the [[Indian Railways]]: the [[Eastern Railway (India)|Eastern Railway]].

===Re-organisation===
[[File:India Rail Lines 1955.jpg|thumb|Major routes of the Indian rail system in 1955]]
On 1 August 1955, the erstwhile Bengal Nagpur Railway portion was separated and a new zone, the South Eastern Railway, came into existence.<ref>Rao, M.A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, p.43</ref> In July 1967, the South Eastern Railway took over the Bankura Domodar River line.

[[File:South Eastern Railway Detail 1955.jpg|thumb|Stations of the South Eastern Railway when the South Eastern Railway was created]]
Till April 2003, the South Eastern Railway comprised eight divisions: Kharagpur, Adra, Sambalpur, Khurda Road, Visakhapatnam, Chakradharpur, Bilaspur and Nagpur. In April 2003 two new zones were carved out from the SER. On 1 April 2003 the [[East Coast Railway]] (E.Co.R) comprising South Eastern Railway's [[Khurda Road railway division|Khurda Road]], [[Sambalpur railway division|Sambalpur]] and [[Visakhapatnam railway station|Visakhapatnam]] divisions was dedicated to the nation; on 5 April 2003 the [[South East Central Railway]] (S.E.C.R) comprising South Eastern Railway's [[Nagpur SEC railway division|Nagpur]] and [[Bilaspur railway division|Bilaspur]] divisions and a new [[Raipur railway division|Raipur]] division was dedicated to the nation. On 13 April 2003 the SER reorganized [[Adra railway division|Adra]] and [[Chakradharpur railway division|Chakradharpur]] divisions to form the new [[Ranchi railway division|Ranchi]] division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.serailway.gov.in/HQ/pro/major_tourist_spots.htm|title=Major events since trifurcation (1.4.2003)|publisher=South Eastern Railway website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119053608/http://www.serailway.gov.in/HQ/pro/major_tourist_spots.htm|archive-date=19 November 2005|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The South Eastern Railway has electric multiple unit sheds in Tikiapara, Kharagpur and Panskura. Electric locomotive sheds are in Santragachi, Tatanagar, [[Bokaro Steel City]], Rourkela, Kharagpur and Bondamunda. Diesel locomotive sheds are located in Kharagpur, [[Bokaro Steel City]], and Bondamunda. The coach maintenance yard is in Santragachi. The South Eastern Railway has a major workshop located in Kharagpur.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1427346652869-BNR%20history.pdf|title = History of Adra Railway Division|access-date = 19 January 2016|website = Railway Board|publisher = South Eastern Railway zone}}</ref>

==Administration==
The South Eastern Railway caters to the states of [[West Bengal]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Odisha]]. S.E. also runs regular [[electric multiple units]] (EMU) services to areas adjacent to [[Kolkata]], from [[Howrah]] to [[Kharagpur]], [[Amta]], [[Medinipur]], [[Tatanagar]], [[Balasore]] [[Rourkela]] and [[Santragachi]] to [[Shalimar Station|Shalimar]]. It also handles major freight traffic to [[Kolkata]] and [[Haldia]].

==Divisions==
* [[Adra railway division]]
* [[Kharagpur railway division]]
* [[Chakradharpur railway division]]
* [[Ranchi railway division]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Howrah Mumbai Mail.jpg|'''Howrah - Mumbai Mail'''
File:Coromandel Express with WAP-4 Loco at Nalpur.jpg|'''Coromandel Express'''
File:East Coast Express hauled by LGD shed WAP-4.JPG|'''East Coast Express'''
File:Yesvantpur-Howrah Express with a WAP-4 loco at Marripalem 02.jpg|'''Yesvantpur-Howrah Express'''
File:A View of Anakapalle Train station.jpg|'''Howrah – Chennai Mail'''
File:12221 Pune Howrah Duronto Express - AC 3 tier coach.jpg|'''Howrah - Pune Duronto'''
File:Titlgarh (TIG) bound 12871 (Howrah-Titlagarh) Ispat Express 01.jpg|'''Ispat Express'''
File:Howrah bound Amaravati Express at Vizianagaram.jpg|'''Amaravati Express'''
File:BNR House.jpg|BNR House, residence of the GM of SER
</gallery>

==Loco sheds==
* [[Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar]]
* [[Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City]]
* Electric Loco Shed, Santragachi
* Electric Loco Shed, Rourkela
* Electric Loco Shed, Bondamunda
* Electric Loco Shed, Kharagpur
* Diesel Loco Shed, Bondamunda
* Electric Loco Shed, Ispatnagar

==See also==

* [[Howrah Station]]
* [[Eastern Railway zone]]
* [[Zones and divisions of Indian Railways]]
* [[All India Station Masters' Association (AISMA)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|South Eastern Railway Zone}}
*{{Official website|http://www.serailway.gov.in/}}

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South Eastern Railway zone - Revision history

Md.Rishad: expand information based on references and updated info

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