Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line

The Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line is an Indian railway line connecting Barkakana and Muri with on the Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line. This track is under the jurisdiction of South Eastern Railway.

History

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad. The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.

The Chandil–Barkakana line was opened for traffic in 1927.

Route diversion

With the construction of the Chandil Dam as a part of the Subarnarekha Multpurpose project, the traffic between and Tiruldih was diverted to a newly constructed line via Haslang & Bakarkudi in 1990 as the older route via Pakridih & Ichhadih became submerged in the dam waters.

Electrification

The Chandil–Gondabihar, Gondabihar–Tiruldih and Barkakana–Ramgarh Halt sectors were electrified in 1996–97. The Tiruldih–Ramgarh sector was electrified in 1997–98.

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