The Fatuha–Tilaiya line is a railway line connecting
Fatuha
Fatuha also spelled Fatwah or Fatwa, is a Satellite town in proposed Patna Metropolitan Region, in the Patna district in the India
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on the
Howrah–Delhi main line
The Howrah–Delhi main line is a railway line connecting Delhi and Kolkata cutting across northern India. The railway line was opened to traffic in 1866 with the introduction of the "1 Down/2 Up Mail" train.
Sections
The long trunk line, ha ...
and on the
Gaya–Kiul line both in the Indian state of
Bihar
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. The line was earlier known as Fatuha–Islampur line. A small portion of the line from Islampur to Natesar opened for use in 2020.
History
Futwah–Islampur Light Railway was a -wide
narrow-gauge railway laid by
Martin's Light Railways in 1922.
Nearly 14 km of the -long Fatuha–Islampur railway line was washed away by floods 1976. As a result, no train plied on the route for many years. In 1982, Martin's Light Railways initiated resumption of train service on this line and took up restoration work. However, in 1984, they decided to close down permanently.
It was nationalised and taken over by Indian Railways in 1986.
[ ]Nitish Kumar
Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unit ...
, then the railway minister laid the foundation stone for the new railway line in 1998. This section has about 144 bridges and 36 level crossings. Hilsa will be the crossing station of this single line section. It was inaugurated in 2003 by Nitish Kumar.[
The East Central Railway took up the laying of new lines in the -long Rajgir–Hisua-Tilaiya–Nateswar–Islampur sector and as of 2013 the work was in an advanced stage. Construction of the Tilaiya sector has also been taken up. The new electrified section of Islampur to Natesar was opened in 2020.
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Electrification
Feasibility studies for the electrification of the Manpur–Tilaiya–Kiul sector and Fatwa–Islampur–Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir sectors were announced in the rail budget for 2010–11.
References
External links
Trains at FatuhaTrains at Islampur
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5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India
Railway lines in Bihar
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Railway lines opened in 2003
2003 establishments in Bihar
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