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{{short description|Railway station in Jharkhand, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station.JPG
| image_caption = Gomoh railway station
| address = [[Gomoh]], [[Dhanbad district]], [[Jharkhand]]
| country = {{flag|India}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.8733|86.1481|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|239|m|ft}}
| line = [[Asansol–Gaya section]] of [[Grand Chord]], [[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]] and [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]],<br/>[[Gomoh–Barkakana branch line]],<br/>[[Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line]],<br/>[[Adra–Gomoh line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard on ground station
| platform = 6
| tracks = 9
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = No
| opened = {{start date and age|1906}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1960–61
| ADA = {{access icon|20px}} Available
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = GMO
| zone = [[East Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Dhanbad}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railways]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Jharkhand#India
| map_locator =
}}
{{Dhanbad–Koderma line|collapse=y}}

'''Gomoh Junction''', officially known as '''Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh''' (station code is '''GMO''') is a railway junction station in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Several branch lines start here: [[Gomoh–Barkakana branch line]], [[Gomoh–Muri branch line]] and [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line|Adra–Gomoh line]]. It is located in [[Dhanbad district]] in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]].

==Etymology==
Gomoh railway station was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station in 2009 in honour of Indian freedom fighter and leader [[Subhas Chandra Bose|Netaji's]] long journey from Gomoh Railway Station out of the British Empire in 1941.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080524/jsp/jharkhand/story_9312950.jsp | title = Railway's station tribute to Netaji|work=The Telegraph|date=24 May 2008| access-date = 23 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090124/jsp/jharkhand/story_10434193.jsp | title = Lalu salutes Netaji|work=The Telegraph|date=24 January 2009| access-date = 23 April 2013 }}</ref>

==History==
The [[Grand Chord]] was opened in 1906.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html | title = IR History – Part III (1900–1947)| publisher = IRFCA | access-date = 23 April 2013 }}</ref>
In 1927, the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Gomoh–Barkakana line. Later, the line was amalgamated with [[East Indian Railway Company|East Indian Railway]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| title =Indian Railway History Timeline| access-date =26 August 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| archive-date =14 July 2012| df =dmy-all}}</ref>
The construction of the {{convert|143|km|mi}} long Chandrapura–Muri–Ranchi–Hatia line started in 1957 and was completed in 1961.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v21-4YYgocUC&q=Muri-Chandrapura+line&pg=PA60 |title = Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy| work= page 60|last= Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal|year = 1986|publisher= Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059| isbn = 81-7022-089-0|access-date = 20 April 2013}}</ref>

The [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line|Nagpur–Asansol line]] (then considered the main line of [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]) was extended to Gomoh in 1907.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1|title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway|publisher=South Eastern Railway|access-date=23 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1|archive-date=1 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Electrification==
The Dhanbad–Gomoh sector was electrified in 1960−61.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 20 April 2013}}</ref>

==Loco shed==

[[Electric Loco Shed, Gomoh|Gomoh Loco Shed]] has an electric loco shed with capacity to hold 125+ locos. Locos housed at the shed include 53-[[WAP-7]] and 238-[[WAG-9]] locomotives.<ref name=shed>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 10 April 2013}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/chandrapura-junction-crp/379 Trains at Chandrapura]

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{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Matari|next= Nimiaghat|line= East Central Railway zone|branch= [[Asansol–Gaya section]] }}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= |next= Telo|line= East Central Railway zone|branch= [[Gomoh–Barkakana branch line]] and [[Gomoh–Muri branch line]] }}
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{{Railway stations in Jharkhand}}
{{North Chotanagpur Division topics}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Bokaro district]]
[[Category:Dhanbad railway division]]
[[Category:Memorials to Subhas Chandra Bose]]

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