Daltonganj railway station, station code DTO, is a railway station serving the cities of

Medininagar Medininagar, formerly Daltonganj, is a city municipal corporation in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the headquarters of Palamu division and Palamu district, as well as the subdivision and block of the same name. The city is situated on t ...

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Palamu Palamu district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was formed in 1892. The administrative headquarter of the district is Medininagar (formerly DaltonGanj), situated on the Koel River. History The Palamu district ha ...

in Palamu district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Daltonganj station is also the headquarters of the Palamu division of the East Central Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. It is also a major station on the CIC route and will be a primary hub on the Ranchi–New Delhi route after the opening of the Ranchi–Tori rail line. Major trains such as the

Ranchi Rajdhani Express ''Ranchi Rajdhani Express'' is a premier train in the exclusive fleet of Rajdhani Express of Indian Railways. History * On 17 October 2001, Nitish Kumar, former Minister of Railways, inaugurated the train service as a weekly service through w ...

Muri Express The Tatanagar - Jammu Tawi Express / Muri Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – South Eastern Railway zone that runs between & in India. It operates as train number 18101 from Tatanagar Junction to Jammu Tawi and as tr ...

, Sambalpur–Varanasi Express, Palamu Express, Ranchi–Varanasi Express, Ranchi–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express,

Triveni Express Triveni Express (15075) is an express train (also known as the "Queen of Sonbhadra") in India that runs from Shaktinagar/Singrauli (Sonbhadra) to Tanakpur via Chopan, Mirzapur, Vindhyachal, Allahabad, Lucknow and Shahjahanpur. It is categoriz ...

, Ahmedabad Kolkata Express,

Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express The 12817 / 18 / 73 / 74 Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – South Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12817 / 73 from Hatia to Anand Vi ...

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, and

Shaktipunj Express The 11447 / 11448 Shaktipunj Express is a daily express train which runs between Jabalpur Junction railway station of Jabalpur, a major city in Madhya Pradesh, and Howrah Junction railway station of Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal ...

also stop here. Daltonganj has trains running frequently to

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

, Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, and Patna.

History

In 2003, the Dhanbad division was carved out from the existing Dhanbad railway division of the

Eastern Railway Zone The Eastern Railway (abbreviated ER) is among the 19 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata and comprises four divisions: , , , and . Each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM). The name o ...

. As of 2012, Daltonganj station is being renovated and developed in the lines of . The ceilings of the Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) and the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) are being beautified with scenery. The facade of the Daltonganj station was embellished in February 2012.

Connections

Daltonganj station is located close to a bus terminal and a domestic airport providing transport to important destinations in Jharkhand. The nearest airports to Daltonganj station are: #

Birsa Munda Airport Birsa Munda Airport is a domestic airport serving Ranchi, the capital city of the Jharkhand, India. It is named after the Indian tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda, and is currently managed by Airports Authority of India. The airport is locate ...

– # Gaya Airport – # Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna – # Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata –

Trains

Several local electric passenger trains also run from Daltonganj to neighbouring destinations at frequent intervals.

References

External links

Official website of Palamau District
{{Railway stations in Jharkhand Railway stations in Palamu district Medininagar Dhanbad railway division

History

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