The Hatia–Rourkela line is an Indian railway line connecting on the Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line in Jharkhand with

Rourkela Rourkela is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about west of state capital Bhubaneswar and is surro ...

on the

Tatanagar–Bilaspur section The Tatanagar–Bilaspur section is part of the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line and connects in the Indian state of Jharkhand and in Chhattisgarh. Part of one of the major trunk lines in the country, it passes through an industrial-mining area ...

in Odisha. This track is under the jurisdiction of South Eastern Railway.

History

In 1907 was connected to 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 ...

Gomoh Gomoh (better known as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Junction Gomoh) is a census town in Topchanchi CD Block Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It has a major railway junction, which was renamed Netaj ...

with a wide

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

line. The construction of the -long broad-gauge Chandrapura–Muri–Ranchi–Hatia line was started in 1957 and was completed in 1961. The construction of this line included the conversion of the narrow-gauge Kotshila–Ranchi line to broad gauge. The Ranchi–Hatia–Bondamunda section was opened in 1965.

Electrification

The electrification of Bondamunda Yard–Dumetra–Bangurkela link lines was done in 1998–99. The Bondamunda–Orga, Orga–Tati and Tati–Hatia sectors were electrified in 2001–02.

Doubling Work

Doubling work on Hatia-Bandamunda railway section is going on at a fast pace. If everything goes well, the work will be completed by February 2024. General Manager of South-East Railway, Anil Kumar Mishra said these things to the journalists after inspecting the railway section on Saturday. He said that the work has been delayed due to the Naxalite incident. So far, 68 km railway line doubling work has been completed in this railway section from Hatia to Pakra station. At the same time, doubling work is going on rapidly from Orga towards Hatia. He said that full help is being received from the state government regarding security. General Manager Mishra said that the work of 158.5 km in Hatia-Bandamunda doubling is quite challenging. Because, due to the rocky area, there is a delay in cutting stones. State-of-the-art machines have been installed for this. At the same time, due to it being a single line, trains are also running on that route. There are 13 big and 324 small bridges on this route. The General Manager said that with the opening of the Hatia-Bandamunda line, the number of trains going to Mumbai and Bengaluru will increase. At the same time, the speed of trains will also increase and passengers will take less time. On the question of re-development of Hatia station, he said that tender will be floated before September 30 and work will start from November-December. At the same time, on the question of running Ranchi-Howrah Vande Bharat train, he said that it is the decision of the board.

References

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