Barkakana Junction railway station

Barkakana Junction railway station, (station code BRKA), serves Barkakana and the surrounding coal mining areas in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It comes under Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway zone.

Barkakana Junction
Indian Railways junction station
Barkakana Junction railway station building
General information
Location	Barkakana, Ramgarh district, Jharkhand India
Coordinates	23°37′27″N 85°28′12″E
Elevation	341 metres (1,119 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railways
Line(s)	Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Construction
Structure type	At Ground
Parking	Available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	BRKA
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Dhanbad
History
Opened	1927
Electrified	1996–97
Previous names	Central India Coalfields Railway East Indian Railway
Location Barkakana Junction railway station Location within Jharkhand Show map of Jharkhand Barkakana Junction railway station Barkakana Junction railway station (India) Show map of India

v t e Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line
Legend
km Barkakana–Ranchi line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line 105 Barkakana Barkakana–Son Nagar line Damodar River 103 Arigada Koderma–Barkakana line 97 Ranchi Road NH 20 88 Digwar Halt 85 Karmahat 80 Chainpur 75 Jogeshwar Bihar Bokaro River 67 Danea Tenughat Thermal Power Station 56 Dumri Bihar Indian Explosives Limited 49 Gomia Gomia Airport Konar River 44 Bokaro Thermal Bokaro Thermal Power Station B 38 Jarangdih 35 Bermo 32 Amlo Kargali colliery and washery 29 Phusro 24 Bhandaridah Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line Chandrapura Thermal Power Station 17 0 Chandrapura 4 Dugda Halt Adra–Gomoh branch line 9 Telo 5 Kochargara Jamunia River Adra–Gomoh line 0 N.S.C Bose Gomoh Asansol Jn. · Gaya Jn.

v t e Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana-Ranchi line
Legend
km Hatia–Rourkela line Ranchi–Tori line to Tori 211 Ranchi Junction 207 Namkon to Kandra (planned) Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line 200 Tatisilwai Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line 191 Mesra 183 Hundur Halt 177 Jhanjhitoli Halt 170 Shanki 156 Daridag Tunnel T1 147 Hehal Tunnel T2 Tunnel T3 143 Sidhwar Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line 137 Barkakana Junction Barkakana–Son Nagar line Damodar River 134 Arigada Gomoh–Barkakana branch line 123 Kuju NH 20 113 Mandu NH 20 107 Charhi 90 Bes Bandag Siding 80 Hazaribagh Town 73 Kansar Nawada 56 Katkamsandi Barkakana–Son Nagar line Ranchi–Tori line to Ranchi ' 0 Tori Barkakana–Son Nagar line 7 Biratoli 15 Kusmahi 19 Balumath 27 Bukru 32 Phulbasia 37 Manatu 42 Shivpoor under construction 50/87 Kathautia 43 Kurhagada 35 Padma 23 Barhi NH 19 Barakar River 14 Urwan 8 Pipradih Asansol–Gaya section Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line 0 Koderma Junction Asansol–Gaya section to Tilaiya (under construction)
Source: Google Maps Koderma–Barkakana Passenger

History

In 1927, the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Gomoh–Barkakana line. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later, these lines were amalgamated with East Indian Railway.^[1] In the same year (1927), Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the 116-kilometre (72 mi) Muri–Barkakana section to traffic.^[2] The 57 km-long Hazaribagh–Barkakana section was opened for passenger trains on 7 December 2016 by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das^[3][4]

Electrification

Barkakana–Garhwa, Barkakana–Danea and Barkakana–Ramgarh sections were electrified in 1996–97.^[5]

Rating

• Overall 3.8/5

• cleanliness - good (8)/10

• porters/escalators - average (7)/10

• food - average (7)/10

• transportation - good (8)/10

• lodging - average (5)/10

• safety - good (6)/10

Trains

No. of Originating trains- 9

• Patna–Ranchi Vande Bharat Express
• Tatanagar–Patna Vande Bharat Express (one day in a week)
• Ranchi–New Delhi Garib Rath Express
• Dhanbad-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express Special
• Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express (via Barkakana)
• Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gaya Weekly Superfast Express
• Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express
• Ranchi–Varanasi Express
• Ranchi–Chopan Express
• Shaktipunj Express
• Tatanagar–Jammu Tawi Express
• Sambalpur–Jammu Tawi Express
• Palamu Express
• Howrah–Bhopal Weekly Express
• Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express
• Kolkata–Madar Express (Weekly Express)
• Ahmedabad–Kolkata Express (Weekly express)
• Asansol - Hatia Express

And many more express, passenger and intercity train run through this station.

Nearest airports

• Birsa Munda Airport (53 Km)
• Bokaro Airport (85 Km)
• Dhanbad Airport (130 Km)
• Sonari Airport (167 Km)