Munger Ganga Bridge

Sri Krishna Setu / Munger Ganga Bridge
Sri Krishna Setu
Coordinates 25°23′54″N 86°27′27″E / 25.3984°N 86.4576°E / 25.3984; 86.4576Coordinates: 25°23′54″N 86°27′27″E / 25.3984°N 86.4576°E / 25.3984; 86.4576
Carries Rail-Road
Crosses Ganges
Locale Munger-Begusarai , Munger-Khagaria , National Highway 80
Official name "Shrikrishna Setu"
Characteristics
Design K-truss
Total length 3,692 metres (12,113 ft)
Width 12 metres (39 ft)
Longest span 125 metres (410 ft)
No. of spans 29
History
Construction start 2002
Opened 12 March 2016 (rail part)

Sri Krishna Setu / Munger Ganga Bridge (Hindi: श्रीकृष्ण सेतु / मुंगेर पुल), is a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges, at Munger in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] The bridge connects Munger District Munger-Jamalpur twin cities to various districts of North Bihar. Munger Ganga Bridge is the third rail-cum-road bridge over Ganga in Bihar.

The 3.692-kilometre-long (2.294 mi) bridge costing Rs. 9,300 million is located 55 km downstream of the Rajendra Setu near Mokama and 68 km upstream of the Vikramshila Setu at Bhagalpur. The bridge will form a link between NH 80 on the southern side of the Ganges and NH 31 on the northern side of the Ganges. It connects Jamalpur Junction and Ratanpur stations on the Sahibganj Loop line of Eastern Railway through a new junction namely Sabdalpur Junction on north end of bridge to Sahebpur Kamal and Umeshnagar near Khagaria Junction on the Barauni-Katihar section of East Central Railway.[2] The Bridge connects districts of Begusarai and Khagaria to the Divisional headquarters Munger city.

Construction work on the bridge was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, through video conference system, in 2002.[3] Bridge was formally opened for freight trains on 12 March 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[4] It was finally opened for passenger trains on 11 April 2016 by Minister of state for Railways, Manoj Sinha by flagging off Begusarai-Jamalpur DEMU train. In his inaugural speech the MOS Mr. Manoj Sinha announced that the bridge will be named "Sri Krishna Setu" in the honour of the Premier and 1st Chief Minister of Bihar Dr. Srikrishna Sinha "Sri Babu".[5] Road on bridge is complete too but approach roads are not ready due to lack of land acquisition.

Services

At present 10 pairs of trains run on this bridge

  • Jamalpur - Tilrath - Jamalpur DEMU (73451/52)
  • Jamalpur - Tilrath - Jamalpur DEMU (73453/54)
  • Jamalpur - Khagaria - Jamalpur DEMU (73461/62)
  • Jamalpur - khagaria - Jamalpur DEMU (73464/63)
  • Jamalpur Saharsa Passenger Special (05521/22)
  • Raxaul - Hyderabad - Raxual weekly Special (07006/05)
  • Darbhanga - Secunderabad - Darbhanga bi-weekly (07008/07)
  • Bhagalpur - Saharsa Intercity Express (05501/02)
*Agartala - Devghar weekly express(15625/15626)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "10 months on, no express train crosses Munger rail bridge". Times of India. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Trains in India". PPPNOW.com. archive.is. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Kashi Prasad (27 December 2002). "PM opens work on Munger rail-cum-road bridge project". Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "PM Modi in Bihar, inaugurates three railway projects". 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Minister flags off passenger train between Begusarai and Jamalpur". Times of India. TNN. 11 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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