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Hazaribagh Road
Indian Railway Station
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| Location | |
| City | Hazaribagh out-station |
| District | Giridih |
| State | Jharkhand |
| Elevation | MSL + 607 m |
| Station Info & Facilities | |
| Structure | Standard (on ground station) |
| Station status | Functioning |
| Other name(s) | Saria |
| Parking | Available |
| Connections | Bus service to Hazaribagh |
| Operation | |
| Code | HZD |
| Division(s) | Dhanbad |
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway |
| Line(s) | Grand Chord |
| Platform(s) | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1907 |
| Former Owner(s) | East Indian Railway, Eastern Railway |
| Electrified | 1972[1] from Howrah 5 August 1976[1] till New Delhi |
Hazaribagh Road is a railway station on the Grand Chord line of East Central Railway.[2] The place is locally known as Saria (or Sariya), a gram panchayat in Bagodar intermediate panchayat in Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand..
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Hazaribagh Road or Saria is located at .
Bagodar on NH 2 is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) and Hazaribagh is 64 kilometres (40 mi) from Hazaribagh Road.
With the extension of railways to Barakar in 1856, that town became the railhead for the vast hinterland that lay beyond it. In 1871, Giridih was connected to Madhupur on the Howrah-Delhi main line, through a branch line. Giridih served as the railhead for Hazaribagh and other places in the area till the Grand Chord line was laid. Hazaribagh Road station, along with the Grand Chord, was opened in February 1907. While both Hazaribngh Road and Kodarma were connected with Hazaribagh by metalled roads and they were about equally distant from what was then the headquarters of a large district. Hazaribngh Road was, however, the station ordinarily used, as it was considerably nearer to Kolkata.[3]
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