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==Track== | ==Track== | ||
Track doubling of the {{convert|130|km}} long Gaya–Kiul line | Track doubling of the {{convert|130|km}} long Gaya–Kiul line was announced in the [[Railway Budget]] for 2010–2011.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.jaibihar.com/rail-budget-2010-2011-bihars-gain/201017419.html| title=Rail Budget 2010-2011: Bihar’s gain| website=Jai Bihar| date=25 February 2010| access-date=23 March 2014| url-status=dead}}{{dead link|date=October 2017}}</ref> | ||
To cater to the growing freight traffic, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the doubling of 124 km long Kiul-Gaya railway line estimated to cost Rs 1354.22 crore in March 2016. Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the CCEA decided in favour of doubling of this line which will ease the ever increasing freight traffic between the sections. | |||
The project is likely to benefit Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Nawadah and Gaya districts of Bihar and is expected to be completed by 2019-20. Doubling of this line will greatly ease the ever-increasing freight traffic between these sections. The project was likely to be completed by March 2020 but the project got delayed and new deadline is Dec 2023. However a part of project i.e. doubling between Manpur and wazirganj is complete and operational. | |||
'''Other phases are scheduled to be completed as follows:-''' | |||
East Central Railway has completed doubling of the 18 km Manpur-Wazirganj section of the 124-km Kiul Gaya line. Wazirganj- Manpur (20.34Km) has been commissioned in December 2019. | |||
Phase I: Manpur-Wazirganj - December 2019 - Commissioned | |||
Warisaliganj- Tilaiya — Dec 2023 | Phase II: Wazirganj - Tilaiya — May 2021 (delayed) | ||
Phase III: Lakhisarai-Sheikhpura — Dec 2021 | |||
Phase IV: Sheikhpura - warisaliganj - March 2022 | |||
Phase V: Warisaliganj- Tilaiya — Dec 2023 | |||
==Electrification and Doubling of track== | ==Electrification and Doubling of track== | ||
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==Passenger movement== | ==Passenger movement== | ||
[[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]] is the only station on this line that is amongst the top hundred booking stations of the Indian Railway. Apart from Gaya there are various local stations used by masses such as [[Nawada_railway_station|Nawada]],[[Sheikhpura_railway_station|Sheikhpura]], [[Warisaliganj_railway_station|Warisaliganj]]. | [[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]] is the only station on this line that is amongst the top hundred booking stations of the Indian Railway. Apart from Gaya there are various local stations used by masses such as [[Nawada_railway_station|Nawada]], [[Sheikhpura_railway_station|Sheikhpura]], [[Warisaliganj_railway_station|Warisaliganj]]. | ||
Since most of the trains ply between kiul and gaya the passenger movement is also limited. Since Kiul being a terminal station for most train does not have much significance as it is neither a great market place nor a tourist destination, neither it has great educational hub nor an industrial cluster, so it limits the no. Of passenger in this line. If more trains are run through this line to other cities like Deoghar, Asansol, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Varanasi, Delhi and other big cities this line would certainly provide more passenger boarding and deboarding. | Since most of the trains ply between kiul and gaya the passenger movement is also limited. Since Kiul being a terminal station for most train does not have much significance as it is neither a great market place nor a tourist destination, neither it has great educational hub nor an industrial cluster, so it limits the no. Of passenger in this line. If more trains are run through this line to other cities like Deoghar, Asansol, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Varanasi, Delhi and other big cities this line would certainly provide more passenger boarding and deboarding. | ||
The Distance between Kiul to Mughalsarai is 335 km via Patna and it is 334 km via Gaya. There are more than 30 trains from Kiul to Mughalsarai via Pa but only one train via Gaya that too a weekly with only 3AC accommodation. So the actual potential of passengers in this line is not reflected by no of trains running. on. | The Distance between Kiul to Mughalsarai is 335 km via Patna and it is 334 km via Gaya. There are more than 30 trains from Kiul to Mughalsarai via Pa but only one train via Gaya that too a weekly with only 3AC accommodation. So the actual potential of passengers in this line is not reflected by no of trains running. on. | ||
<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html| work=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry| title=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways| access-date=23 March 2014| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html| archivedate=10 May 2014| df=dmy}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html| work=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry| title=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways| access-date=23 March 2014| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html| archivedate=10 May 2014| df=dmy}}</ref> | ||