Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway. Work for conversion to broad gauge of the narrow gauge Gondia-Chanda Fort line started in December 1992, Gondia-Wadsa section was inaugurated on 25 September 1994. Wadsa-Nagbhir section was opened on 20 February 1997, Nagbhir-Chanda Fort section was opened on 13 January 1999 and the Chanda Fort-Ballarshah section was operated from 2 July 1999. The Gondia-Balaghat broad gauge section was opened for traffic on 6 September 2005. The Balaghat-Katangi section was converted to broad gauge in 2010. The gauge conversions are under process for long Nagpur-Chhindwara section, the long Jabalpur-Nainpur section, the long Chhindwara-Nainpur-Mandla section, the Nainpur-Balaghat section and long Nagpur-Nagbhir section. The entire main line is electrified. The Bilaspur-Bhilai and Bhilai-Durg sections were electrified in 1970-71, Durg-Paniajob section in 1989-90. The Paniajob-Gondia and Gondia-Bhandara Road sections in 1990-91, Bhandara Road-Tharsa and Tharsa-Nagpur sections in 1991-92. The Amla-Chhindwara section was electrified in 2017 and Balharshah-Chanda Fort-Gondia section was electrified in 2018. Other lines will be electrified once converted to broad gauge. The entire Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line is classified as a "Group A" line which can take speeds up to 160 km/hr.  Bilaspur, Raipur, Durg and Nagpur on this line are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. About 1 to 1.2 million passengers travel from here. A Narrow Gauge Rail Museum was inaugurated at Nagpur on 14 December 2002. It was accorded the status at par with National Rail Museum, New Delhi.