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{{Short description|Series of railway lines}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
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| name = Railways in Jharia Coalfield
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| image = Pradhan Khunta railway station.JPG
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| caption = Pradhan Khunta Junction an important railway station on Jharia Coalfield Railways area
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| locale = Jharia Coalfield, [[Jharkhand]]
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| open = 1894
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]], [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]
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Jharia Coalfield has a series of railway lines covering the region lying between the [[Grand Chord]] line on the north and the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] river in the south. It consists of five lines of which four are managed by [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway's]] [[Dhanbad railway division]] and one is managed by the [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway's]] [[Adra railway division]].

==History==
It was possible to develop mining in the Jharia Coalfield in the late nineteenth century primarily because of the introduction of railways. [[East Indian Railway Company]] extended the [[Grand Chord]] to Katrasgarh via [[Dhanbad Junction railway station|Dhanbad]] in 1894.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:p469ydldNAUJ:www.dli.gov.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b80_313.pdf+Bengal+Coal+Company&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESix39Oxq6nkv-dwbiEejZhcEHWTbwOp2Y2Hjlzdv96113hN3d5s3wvUGK9z0pIBp4o9-ratWlE6Z8mJu9MKTKsk0CtGKFNMl87YONECfX4OoZgivRJYqiMkApfWOcrCAaye3bBe&sig=AHIEtbRg6aEBzktSsFPhDWuByzL5Lg7Btw |title = History of Coal Mining in India| last = E. R. |first = Gee |work = pages 314-315| access-date= 20 April 2013 }}</ref>

The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] extended its then mainline, the [[Nagpur–Asansol line]], to [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|Netaji SC Bose Gomoh]], on EIR’s Grand Chord, in 1907. The {{stnlnk|Mahuda Junction}}–Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.<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=25 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 }}</ref>

The District Gazetteer of [[Manbhum]] noted that: "There is a network of railway line in this district passing through colliery area. Grand Chord Line of the Eastern Railway and branch line of South Eastern Railway pass through this district from Gomoh Junction two railway line one of the Eastern Railway and another of the south Eastern Railway branch off, one going to Dehri on Sone (Shahabad) via Barkakana and another from Gomoh to Adra (Purulia district). There are branch lines in both the railway for carrying coal to different places in the country."<ref name=jharia>{{cite web|url = http://dhanbad.nic.in/pdf/gztr_8.CHAPTER%20%20%20%20VII%20Communications%20page%20no%20356-382.pdf |title = Chapter VII - Communications |publisher = Dhanbad district administration| access-date= 20 April 2013 }}</ref>

EIR had four major sections:
*Kumardhubi–Gomoh section
*Pradhankhanta–Pathardih section (15 km), opened in 1913
*Dhanbad–Phularitand section (21.6 km), opened in 1894 to Katrasgarh and extended to Phularitand in 1924
*Dhanbad–Jharia-Pathardih section opened in 1903.<ref name=jharia/>

BNR had one section from Sudamdih to Gomoh.<ref name=jharia/>

== Sections ==
Apart from the numerous loop lines which serve the various collieries in the area, there are 5 major sections:

# [[Dhanbad Junction railway station|Dhanbad]]–[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|N.S.C. Bose Gomoh]] line (part of the [[Asansol–Gaya section]] of the [[Grand Chord]])
# [[Dhanbad Junction railway station|Dhanbad]]–[[Chandrapura Junction railway station|Chandrapura]] line
# [[Dhanbad Junction railway station|Dhanbad]]–Jharia–Pathardih line (now dismantled due to [[Jharia coalfield|underground fires]])
# Pradhankhunta–Sindri Town branch line
# [[Sudamdih railway station|Sudamdih]]–[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|N.S.C Bose Gomoh]] section of the [[Adra Junction railway station|Adra]]–[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|N.S.C. Bose Gomoh]] line

==Electrification==
Electrification of the stretch of mainline of this section from [[Asansol railway station|Asansol]] to [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station|Netaji SC Bose Gomoh]] was completed in 1960–61.<ref name=electric>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 24 April 2013}}</ref>

Stretches of railway track in the Jharia Coalfield were electrified from time to time. Dhanbad–Kusunda–Tetulmari was electrified in 1961-62. The Santaldih–Pathardih–Sudamdih–Jamadoba sector was electrified in 1965-66. The Bhojudih–Netaji SC Bose Gomoh stretch was electrified in 1985–86. The Netaji SC Bose Gomoh–Chandrapura–Bhandaridah–Rajabera sector was electrified in 1986–87. The Chandrapura–Jamuniatanr–Mahuda sector was electrified in 1986–87. The Tupkadih–Talgoria sector was electrified in 1987–88.<ref name=electric/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railways in Eastern India}}
{{North Chotanagpur Division topics}}

[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Dhanbad railway division|*]]
[[Category:Adra railway division|*]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Coal mining in India]]
[[Category:Mining in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Mining railways]]
[[Category:Coal infrastructure]]

Railways in Jharia Coalfield - Revision history

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