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Dhanbad–Chandrapura line is a railway passing through Railways in Jharia Coalfield lying between the Dhanbad line on the north and the
Chandrapura Chandrapura is a census town in the Chandrapura (community development block), Chandrapura Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian States and union territories of India, stat ...
in the south. It remained temporarily closed due to fire and subsidence in Jharia & Raniganj Coal Fields. It was initially started as – Katras rail line and was extended up to in 1930. The first train in this route ran from Dhanbad to Katrasgarh. 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–Prayagraj–Mumbai line. It acts as a link between Sitarampur railway station, Sitarampur, (Asansol) (West Bengal) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction (Uttar Pradesh), previous ...
to Katrasgarh via Dhanbad 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. However, the line was reopened on 24 February 2019 due to agitations & protests by the people of the region.


Trains


Train stopping at Chandrapura

* 18621/22 Patna–Hatia Patliputra Express * 18603/04 Ranchi–Godda Express * 15027/28 Maurya Express * 13403/04 Vananchal Express * 18629/30 Ranchi-Gorakhpur Weekly Express * 13303/04 Dhanbad-Ranchi Intercity Express * 18105/06 Jaynagar–Rourkela Express * 13319/20 Dumka–Ranchi Intercity Express * 12019/20 Howrah–Ranchi Shatabdi Express * 15661/62 Ranchi–Kamakhya Express * 13351/52 Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express * 17321/22 Jasidih-Vasco-da-Gama Weekly Express * 19413/14 Kolkata-Ahmedabad Weekly Express * 19607/08 Kolkata-Madar Express * 11447/48 Shaktipunj Express * 53339/40 Dhanbad - Chandrapura Passenger * 13425/26 Surat–Malda Town Express * 18619/20 Ranchi–Godda Intercity Express


Trains skipping Chandrapura

* 18185/86 Tatanagar-Godda Weekly Express * 18119/20 Jaynagar-Tatanagar Express * 17007/08 Secunderabad–Darbhanga Express * 17005/06 Hyderabad-Raxaul Express * 13025/26 Howrah–Bhopal Weekly Express


Other Trains

* Dhanbad–Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express (Currently not operational instead a special train 02831 is operating) * Ranchi–New Jalpaiguri Express (Currently not operational) * Jhargram–Dhanbad MEMU * Dhanbad-Muri Passenger (Currently not operational) * Bokaro Steel City Howrah Fast Passenger * Dhanbad–Ranchi Passenger (Currently not operational) * Bhojudih-Chandrapura MEMU


See also

* Railways in Jharia Coalfield


References

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