Due to the growing demand of transportation services there are many new zones were created out of the existing zones. One of them is South East central Railways zone and it is the sixteen railway zone of India. Headquarter of this zone is located in Bilaspur. Apart from this SECR has 2 more divisions that is Raipur and Nagpur. It is also known as the youngest zones of the Indian railways. SECR was organized by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998 on 20th September. On 27 April 2009 the administration building was inaugurated.

Objectives of South East Central Railways:

• Improved customer interface
• Improve safety in train operation
• Improved passenger Amenities
• Maintain profitability of the system at the present level
• Safety system

Several tourists and other people avail the services of SECR. For the better working of this zone, it is divided into various categories that are commercial, medical, administration, safety, account etc. In a sufficient number of mail and express trains are running by this zone. SECR provides a lot of facilities to the passengers such as:

• Cloak rooms
• Online checking systems
• Online reservation
• Retiring rooms