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	==Workshops==		==Workshops==
	[[Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut]] has the capacity to repair and refurbish 500 coaches or more annually.<ref name=shed>{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html \|title = Sheds and Workshops\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Harnaut-coach-factory-to-be-functional-by-September/articleshow/14968707.cms \|title = Harnaut coach factory to be functional by September \| work=The Times of India\|location=Patna\|date=16 July 2012\| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/patna/harnaut-coach-factory-ready-for-oct-launch/article1-931251.aspx \|title= Harnaut coach factory ready for Oct launch\|work = Hindustan Times\|date=17 September 2014\| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref>		[[Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut]] has the capacity to repair and refurbish 500 coaches or more annually.<ref name=shed>{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html \|title = Sheds and Workshops\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Harnaut-coach-factory-to-be-functional-by-September/articleshow/14968707.cms \|title = Harnaut coach factory to be functional by September \| work=The Times of India\|location=Patna\|date=16 July 2012\| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/patna/harnaut-coach-factory-ready-for-oct-launch/article1-931251.aspx \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120918030254/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Patna/Harnaut-coach-factory-ready-for-Oct-launch/Article1-931251.aspx \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = 18 September 2012 \|title= Harnaut coach factory ready for Oct launch\|work = Hindustan Times\|date=17 September 2014\| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref>

	==Important stations==		==Important stations==

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{{short description|Railway line in India}}
{{About|the broad-gauge line|the narrow-gauge railway|Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
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| caption = Rajgir is an important railway station on Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
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| status = Operational
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| start = [[Bakhtiyarpur Junction railway station|Bakhtiyarpur]]
| end = {{stnlnk|Tilaiya}}
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| open = 1962 / 2010
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]
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| electrification = [[25 kV AC railway electrification|25 kV 50 Hz AC]] [[Overhead line|OHLE]] in 2016–2017 b/w [[Bakhtiyarpur Junction railway station|Bakhtiyarpur]] and {{stnlnk|Rajgir}}
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The '''Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line''' is a railway line connecting [[Bakhtiyarpur Junction railway station|Bakhtiyarpur]] on the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]] and {{stnlnk|Tilaiya}} on the [[Gaya–Kiul line]] both in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].

==History==
The line has its origins in [[Bakhtiyarpur–Bihar Sharif light railway]] which was a {{track gauge|2ft6in|lk=on}}-wide [[narrow-gauge railway]] laid by [[Martin's Light Railways]] from [[Bakhtiyarpur]] to [[Bihar Sharif]] in 1903 and extended to [[Rajgir]] in 1911.<ref name=fibis>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Bukhtiarpur-Bihar_Light_Railway |title =Bakhtiyarpur–Bihar Light Railway | publisher= fibis| access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=irfca>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/steam/sslr.html |title =Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway| publisher=IRFCA | access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://fauzaspandher.blogspot.in/ |title =History of Indian Railways | publisher= Consultant |access-date = 24 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html|title = IR History: Part III (1900-1947) | publisher=IRFCA | access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref> It was converted to {{track gauge|1676mm|allk=on}} in 1962.<ref name=fibis/><ref name=irfca/> The broad-gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.biharfoundation.in/cm-to-open-rajgir-tilaiya-new-line/ | title = CM to open Rajgir–Tilaiya new line | publisher = IRFCA | access-date = 24 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140324044853/http://www.biharfoundation.in/cm-to-open-rajgir-tilaiya-new-line/ | archive-date = 24 March 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The line is to be extended up to Koderma.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nitish-inaugurates-new-rail-lines,-two-robs-in-bihar/1/103475.html |title= Nitish inaugurates new rail lines, two ROBs in Bihar | work= India Today/PTI|date=29 June 2010| access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=58164 |title =Railway Budget 2010-11: Electrification of New Rail Sections | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 24 February 2010 |access-date = 24 March 2014 }}</ref> Survey work for doubling of this line has been completed and awaiting for green signal from Railway Safety Commissioner.<ref>https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/bihar-sharif/news/doubling-of-bakhtiyarpur-rajgir-tilaiya-railway-section-soon-survey-completed-075535-6592247.html</ref>

==Electrification==
The Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir section was electrified in 2016–2017, while the Rajgir–Tilaiya section was electrified in 2017. The Tilaiya–Gaya section was electrified along with the Gaya–Kiul line in October 2018.

==Workshops==
[[Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut]] has the capacity to repair and refurbish 500 coaches or more annually.<ref name=shed>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Harnaut-coach-factory-to-be-functional-by-September/articleshow/14968707.cms |title = Harnaut coach factory to be functional by September | work=The Times of India|location=Patna|date=16 July 2012| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/patna/harnaut-coach-factory-ready-for-oct-launch/article1-931251.aspx |title= Harnaut coach factory ready for Oct launch|work = Hindustan Times|date=17 September 2014| access-date = 29 March 2014}}</ref>

==Important stations==

{{stnlnk|Bihar Sharif Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Rajgir}}, {{stnlnk|Nalanda}} and [[Harnaut]] are important stations on this line.

[[Rajgir]] and [[Nalanda]], on this line, are popular tourist destinations and are part of the Buddhist Circuit of Bihar.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bihartourism.gov.in/circuits/buddhist_circuit.html|title= Buddhist Circuit of Bihar | publisher=Bihar Tourism | access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref> [[Pawapuri]] is part of the Jain Circuit of Bihar.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://bstdc.bih.nic.in/destinations.htm | title=Destinations | publisher=Bihar Tourism Development Corporation| access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref>

==Sections==
* Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir section
* Rajgir–Tilaiya–Gaya section
* Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line
* [[Harnaut–Mokama section]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bakhtiyarpur-junction-bkp/599 Trains at Bakhtiyarpur]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/rajgir-rgd/1384 Trains at Rajgir]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/tilaiya-junction-tia/1851 Trains at Tilaiya]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Rajgir}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Nalanda}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Pawapuri}}

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[[Category:Railway lines in Bihar]]
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