1887 | The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed. |
1887 | The construction of a new bridge over the Kanhah River commenced in 1884 and was completed in 1887. |
4th Dec 1888 | The section from Rajnandgaon to Raipur was opened for traffic. |
14th Feb 1889 | The section from Raipur to Bilaspur was opened for traffic. |
6th Oct 1890 | The East Coast Railway was inaugurated. |
1st Feb 1891 | The main line for BNR from Nagpur to Asansol was opened for Goods traffic. |
9th Mar 1891 | The Bilaspur-Katni Branch was opened for traffic. |
1st Oct 1892 | The Saranda tunnel was completed and opened for traffic |
21st Aug 1893 | The Kakinada-Visakhapatnam line was opened for traffic. |
1893 to 1896 | 800 miles of East Coast Railway line was built and opened for traffic. |
1893 to 1896 | East Coast Railway built some of the largest bridges viz. Brahmani, Mahanadi, Katjuri, Kuakhai and Birupa during the period. |
1st Feb 1897 | Khurda Road-Puri (27 miles) section was opened for traffic. |
1898-99 | The most vital section of BNR viz. Sini-Kharagpur & Kolaghat and Kharagpur-Cuttack were opened for traffic. |
1st Jan 1899 | BNR�s Line to Cuttack was opened. |
1899-1900 | Kolaghat-Howrah section was completed. |
19th April 1900 | Roopanarayan Bridge near Kolaghat was opened and first train passed over. |
March 1901 | The construction of a bridge on River Mahanadi near Cuttack was completed. |
1st Feb 1901 | Kharagpur-Midnapur Branch line was opened for traffic. |
1901 | 45.74 miles long Dhamtari line and 10.50 miles long Rajim Branch were opened for traffic. |
13th April 1903 | The first portion of Gondia-Nainpur (73 miles) was opened. |
1904 | Nainpur became the focal point of Satpura lines.� Nainpur-Chindwara section was opened for traffic. |
1905 | Nainpur-Gondia line was extended upto Jabalpur. |
15th Nov 1907 | Purulia-Ranchi Branch was opened for traffic. |
1907 | Extension of Gomoh, a point of East Indian Railways main line was completed. |
1908 | The Head Office Building of B N R was constructed at a cost of Rs.7, 01,995/- |
Nov 1908 | Gondia-Nagbhir-Nagpur line was opened for traffic. |
1908-09 | Vizianagaram-Parvatipuram (49 miles) section was opened |
1911 | A 40 mile branch line from Tatanagar to Gurumahisarani where plenty of iron ores are available was opened for traffic. |
1913 | Nagpur-Chidwara extension was opened for traffic.� With this, the biggest network of narrow gauge line in Indian Sub-continent was completed. Its length was extended 610 miles.� This Satpura line project was initiated by Sir T.R.Wynne. |
1913 | Mohuda-Chandrapura (9 miles) Branch was opened for traffic. |
1913 | Nagbhir-Rajoli (30 miles) was opened and extended upto Chanda. |
1913 | Extension to Salur on Vizianagaram-Parvatipuram section was opened. |
1915 | B N R Hotel at Ranchi was established. |
1916-17 | Bankura-Damodar River Railway in narrow gauge was built by Bengal Nagpur Railway. |
1918 | Burnpur, India�s second largest Iron & Steel Plant was established. |
1922 | BNR Hotel at Puri was established. |
1922 | Tatanagar-Gurumahisani line was extended upto Badampahar. |
1924 | To feed iron ore and magnese ores to Burnpur Steel Plant Amda,� (New Khurswan) on BNR�s main line built. |
17th Jan 1924 | Kharswan-Dongaposi was opened for traffic. |
Feb 1925 | Extension to Gua was completed. |
20th Mar 1927 | 72 mile Barkakhana-Chandil section was opened for traffic. |
1928-30 | 54 mile long Anuppur � Chirimiri section was opened |
1930 | Shalimar Goods Shed on the bank of River Hooghly was in operational. |
1930 | Parlakmedi-Gunupur section was opened in two portions in 1929 and 1931 |
Dec 1931 | Raipur-Parvatipuram line was completed. |
1933 | The development of Vizag Port by Bengal Nagpur Railway was completed. |
18TH Dec 1933 | The Visakhapatnam Port was officially declared open by His Excellency Lord Willingtorn, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India. |
1st Oct 1944 | The management of Bengal Nagpur Railway was taken by Government of India. Raipur-Dhamtari Branch was the first Narrow Gauge line of Bengal Nagpur Railway. |
1955 | B N R Emerged as South Eastern Railway. |
1956 | The Visakhapatnam Port was managed by Bengal Nagpur Railway till October. |
14th May 1958 | Bhillai-Dallijahara line was opened for traffic. |
4th Feb 1959 | Bhilai Steel Plant was built and inaugurated by Dr.Rajendra Prasad, President of India. The steel plant was situated between Durg and Raipur on S.E.Railway�s main stream. |
1960 | The Dandakaranya-Bolangir-Kiriburu Railway Project. |
1960 | Ranchi-Kotshila was converted into BG |
31st Jan 1962 | Foundation stone of Cuttack-Paradip line was laid by the then Prime Minister, Late Jawarlal Nehru. |