Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line

Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
Overview
Status Operational
Termini Bakhtiyarpur
Tilaiya
Operation
Opened 1962 / 2010
Owner Indian Railway
Operator(s) East Central Railway
Technical
Line length 100 km (62 mi)
Track gauge Broad Gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
 km

0 Bakhtiyarpur

Asansol–Patna section of
Howrah–Delhi main line
 3 Karnauti(Halt)
Panchane River
 7 Kharuara(Halt)
Harnaut-Mokama section
to Mokama
Carriage Repair
Workshop, Harnaut
 11 Harnaut
NH 30A
 14 Muhari(Halt)
 16 Wena
 18 Imlibigha(Halt)
 19 Rahul Road
 20 Ambapendarpur(Halt)
 21 Depkura(Halt)
 27 Suhsarai
to Daniawan
 30 Bihar Sharif
National Highway 110
to Sheikhpura
 34 Tungi(Halt)
 36 Pawapuri Road
 37 Deepnagar(Halt)
 42 Nalanda
 44 Marahra
 47 Silao
 49 Karahdih(Halt)
 51 Sardar Patel Halt
 54 Rajgir
 61 Nekpur
Fatuha–Tilaiya line
 71 Natesar
 78 Jethian
 82 Sarsoo
 90 Oro Jagdishpur
 94 Mohamadpur
 96 Hisua
Gaya–Kiul line
 100 Tilaiya
Gaya–Kiul line
 to Koderma (planned)

The Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line is a railway line connecting Bakhtiyarpur on the Howrah-Delhi main line and Tilaiya on the Gaya-Kiul line both in the Indian state of Bihar.

History

The line has its origins in Bakhtiyarpur Bihar Light Railway which was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) wide narrow gauge railway laid by Martin's Light Railways from Bakhtiyarpur to Bihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to Rajgir in 1911.[1][2][3][4] It was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) in 1962.[1][2] The broad gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010.[5] The line is to be extended up to Koderma.[6] 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.[7]

A Carriage Repair Workshop has been constructed at Harnaut. It has the capacity to repair and refurbish 500 coaches or more annually.[8][9][10]

Rajgir and Nalanda, on this line, are popular tourist destinations and are part of the Buddhist Circuit of Bihar.[11] Pawapuri is part of the Jain Circuit of Bihar.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bakhtiyarpur-Bihar Light Railway". fibis. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "History of Indian Railways". Consultant. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "IR History: Part III (1900-1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "CM to open Rajgir-Tilaiya new line". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nitish inaugurates new rail lines, two ROBs in Bihar". India Today/PTI, 29 June 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Railway Budget 2010-11: Electrification of New Rail Sections". Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 24 February 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Harnaut coach factory to be functional by September". The Times of India, Patna, 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Harnaut coach factory ready for Oct launch". Hindutan Times, 17 September 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Buddhist Circuit of Bihar". Bihar Tourism. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Destinations". Bihar Tourism Development Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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