Madhupur-Giridih Rail line

Madhupur Giridih Koderma line
Overview
Type	Diesel
System	Broad Gauge
Status	Operational
Locale	Jharkhand, India
Termini	Madhupur Giridih
Stations	7 operational
Services	Koderma Madhupur line
Operation
Opened	1871,2012,2015
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Technical
Line length	149 km (93 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge
Operating speed	Up to 110 km/h

Madhupur Giridih Koderma line is a section of Indian Railways under Asansol Division of Eastern Railway. It is a 38 km (24 mi) long single 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge track from Madhupur city in Deoghar District in Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand state to Giridih in Giridih District of Jharkhand state. This route is being further extended up to Koderma. The construction of 111 km (69 mi) rail line from Giridih to Koderma is going on under Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway.

The Giridih Railway Station was built as a railway siding in 1871 by the British government in India (prior to the India's independence in 1947) mainly for transport of mineral reserve from the region. The contract for the railway siding was awarded in 1865 and the construction was completed in 1871. The siding is owned by Central Coalfields Limited.

Source: Google maps
Madhupur Giridih Passenger and Kawar Koderma Passenger]

A 111 km (69 mi) track from Koderma to Giridih is being constructed. This will extend the Madhupur-Giridih railway line to Koderma, effectively making it a Madhupur-Giridih-Koderma railway line. So far,out of 111  km 86 km railway line from Koderma to Kawar has been completed. A very short distance of 24 km between Kowad to Giridih is still under construction It may be opened for traffic in the coming years.

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