Railways in Jharia Coalfield

Railways in Jharia Coalfield
Railways in Jharia Coalfield
	Pradhan Khunta Junction an important railway station on Jharia Coalfield Railways area
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Jharia Coalfield, Jharkhand
Service
Operator(s)	Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway
History
Opened	1894
Technical
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	1960–61 onwards with 25 kV AC overhead
Route map
	Barkakana–Netaji
	S.C.Bose Gomoh line
	to
	Barkakana
	Netaji S.C.Bose
	Gomoh–Hatia line
	to
	Bokaro
	50
	0
	34
	17
	Dhanbad-Chandrapura
	line
	Malkera–Kharkhari
	defunct loop line
	Asansol–Tatanagar–
	Kharagpur line
	to
	Talgaria
	Malkera-Katrasgarh
	defunct colliery line
	Kusunda–Jharia branch
	line (dismantled)
	Dhanbad–Jharia line
	former diamond crossing
	Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line
	to New Giridih
	(under construction)
	Pradhankhunta–Pathardih
	line
	Dhanbad–Jharia–Pathardih
	line (dismantled)
	16
	3
	Asansol–Tatanagar–
	Kharagpur line
	to
	Bhojudih
	Sources:

Jharia Coalfield has a series of railway lines covering the region lying between the Grand Chord line on the north and the Damodar river in the south. It consists of five lines of which four are managed by East Central Railway's Dhanbad railway division and one is managed by the South Eastern Railway's Adra railway division.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.