Dhanbad–Chandrapura line is a railway passing through Railways in Jharia Coalfield lying between the

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur. It ranks as the 42nd largest city in India and is the 33rd largest million-plus urban agglomeration in India. Dhanbad shares its land borders with Pa ...

line on the north and the

Chandrapura Chandrapura is a census town in the Chandrapura CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated on the northern banks of the river Damodar. The town is well known for the Chandrapur ...

in the south. It remained temporarily closed due to fire and subsidence in Jharia & Raniganj Coal Fields. It was initially started as –

Katras Katras (also known as Katrasgarh) is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad City in Dhanbad Sadar Subdivision in the Jharkhand state, India. Geography Location Katras is located at . It has an average elevation of 201 metres (659 feet). Note ...

rail line and was extended up to in 1930. The first train in this route ran from Dhanbad to

garh. The rail line was laid late nineteenth century by extending the

Grand Chord Grand Chord is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line. It acts as a link between Sitarampur, (Asansol), (West Bengal) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, Uttar Pradesh, previously known as Mughalsarai Jun ...

to Katrasgarh via

in 1894. This line was opened in 1930. The Netaji SC Bose Gomoh-Chandrapura-Dhanbad sector was electrified in 1986–87. The line was closed due to a mine fire reaching the tracks, thus making it unsafe for use. The railway also suspended good traffic on the line which has nine loading side of

Bharat Coking Coal Limited Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited which is inturn under the ownership of Ministry of Coal, Government of India, Its headquarters is located at Dhanbad and Kolkata, India. It was incorporated in January, 1 ...

. However, the line was reopened on 24 February 2019 due to agitations & protests by the people of the region.

Trains

* Howrah–Ranchi Shatabdi Express * Secunderabad–Darbhanga Express * Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express * Patna–Hatia Patliputra Express * Ranchi–Godda Intercity Express * Dumka–Ranchi Intercity Express *

Vananchal Express The Vananchal Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13403/13404 train numbers on a daily basis. this train is also remembered for the famous Sainthia ...

Jaynagar–Ranchi Express The Jaynagar–Ranchi Express is an Express train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at Garden Reac ...

* Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express * Dhanbad–Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express * Ranchi–Bhagalpur Express * Ranchi–Kamakhya Express * Ranchi–New Jalpaiguri Express *

Surat–Malda Town Express The 13425 / 13426 Surat–Malda Town Express is an Express train running between of Gujarat and of West Bengal. It operates as train number 13425 from Malda Town to Surat and as train number 13426 in the reverse direction, serving the states ...

* Jhargram–Dhanbad MEMU * Dhanbad Muri Passenger * Bokaro Steel City Howrah Fast Passenger * Dhanbad–Ranchi Passenger

References

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Trains

See also

References