Ministry of Railways

Ministry of Railways closes traffic on Dhanbad- Chandrapura section w.e.f 15-06-2017 

Posted On: 12 JUN 2017 6:17PM by PIB Delhi

 

 

Due to Jharia Coal Field Fire and acting on subsequent advisory received from Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Railways has  decided to stop the operation of goods and passenger traffic on Dhanbad-Chandrapura Railway line w.e.f. 15.06.2017. Keeping in view the safety of passengers, Ministry of Railways has diverted 7 trains, cancelled 13 Mail Express Trains & 6 passenger trains.

 

Member Traffic, Railway Board Mohd Jamshed conducted a Press Conference in Rail Bhavan today to brief about this development. He informed that on an average 11 pairs of Mail/Express and 6 pairs of passenger trains run on the section daily. Special counters to facilitate refunds as per extant rules will be provided for the affected passengers.  He reiterated that all efforts would be made to minimize passenger inconvenience. The details of the diverted & cancelled trains are as follows:

 

DIVERSION PLAN IN VIEW OF CLOSURE OF DHANBAD-CHANDRAPURA SECTION

 

Train no

Name of Train

Station

From

Station

To

Frequency

Diverted Route

 

1

12019/20

Shatabdi Express

Howrah

Ranchi

6 Days a week

Dhanbad-Gomoh-Chandrapura

2

15028/27

Maurya Express

Gorakhpur

   Hatia

Daily

Dhanbad-Gomoh-Chandrapura

3

13351/52

Dhanbad -Alleppey

Express

Dhanbad

  Alleppey

Daily

Dhanbad-Gomoh-Chandrapura

4

11448/47

Shaktipunj Express

Howrah

  Jabalpur

Daily

Dhanbad-Gomoh-Chandrapura

5

18621/22

Patliputra Express

Patna

   Hatia

Daily

Chittranjan-Asansol (Reversal)- Jaichandipahar- Bhojudiah-Talgharia-Bokaro

6

18620/19

Dumka-Ranchi Intercity

Dumka

  Ranchi

Daily

Chittranjan-Asansol (Reversal)- Jaichandipahar- Bhojudiah-Talgharia-Bokaro

7

13303/04

Dhanbad-Ranchi Intercity

Dhanbad

  Ranchi

Daily

Chittranjan-Asansol (Reversal)- Jaichandipahar- Bhojudiah-Talgharia-Bokaro

 

 

The following trains will remain cancelled :

                                                Mail  Exp Trains 

 

 

 

SN

Train

Train Name

 

 

 

Frequency

From

To

1

13403/04

VANANCHAL EXP

Daily

Ranchi

Bhagalpur

2

18605/06

RNC- JYG EXPRESS

Tri weekly

Ranchi

Jaynagar

3

18627/28

RNC-HWH INTERCITY EXPRESS

Tri weekly

Ranchi

Howrah

4

12831/32

GARIB RATH

Tri weekly

Dhanbad

Bhubaneshwar

5

18603/04

RNC-BGP EXPRESS

Tri weekly

Ranchi

Bhagalpur

6

15661/62

RNC-KYQ EXPRESS

Bi weekly

Ranchi

Kamakhya

7

17007/08

DBG-SC EX

bi weekly

Darbhanga

Secunderabad

8

18629/30

RNC NJP WEEKLY EXP

weekly

Ranchi

New Jalpaiguri

9

17005/06

 HYB RXL EX

weekly

Hyderabad

Raxaul

10

13025/26

BPL-HWH EX

weekly

Bhopal

Howrah

11

19413/14

KOAA- ADI EX

weekly

Kolkata

Ahmedabad

12

19607/08

KOAA-AII EX

weekly

Kolkata

Ajmer

13

13425/26

ST-MLDT EX

weekly

Surat

Malda

PASSENGER TRAINS

 

 

 

1

53341/42

Muri-DHN

Daily

Muri

Dhanbad

2

68079/80

CRP-BJE

Daily

Chandrapura

Bhojudih

3

58013/14

BKSC-CRP-HWH

Daily

Bokaro

Howrah

4

53335/36

HTE-DHN

Daily

Ranchi

Dhanbad

5

53339/40

CRP-DHN

six days in a week

Chandrapura

Dhanbad

6

68019/20

Jhargram - DHN

six days in a week

Jhargram

Dhanbad

 

 

 

 

 

AKS/ENS


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