Tatanagar Junction railway station

Tatanagar Junction
Indian RailwaysJunction Station
Location Jugsalai,
Jamshedpur-831002, Jharkhand
 India
Coordinates 22°46′07″N 86°12′06″E / 22.76861°N 86.20167°E / 22.76861; 86.20167
Owned by Indian Railway
Line(s) Tatanagar-Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line,
Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line,
Tatanagar-Gourmahisani-Badampahar branch line
Platforms 5
Construction
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Allowed
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code TATA
Fare zone South Eastern Railway
History
Opened 1910
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers 60,000 per day[1]
Location
Tatanagar Junction
Location within Jharkhand

The Tatanagar Railway Station station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Tatanagar is a Junction station and is located on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line of the Indian Railways. It has 5 platforms and handles around 100 trains each day.

History

The Tatanagar Railway Station is more than a century old. Sakchi was identified as the ideal site for the envisaged steel plant in December 1907. In 1910, the village Kalimati which was near to sakchi got itself a railway station on BNR's Howrah-Bombay route.The railways from then on were the life-line of the steel plant established by the Tatas. The name of the Railway station was later changed to Tatanagar in honour of its founder Jamsetji Tata. Tatanagar—Rourkela section was the second 25kV AC electrified section of the country, the first being Burdwan-Mughalsarai (in 1957).

The Tatanagar Railway Station was built by famous Railway Contractor of the town, Nanji Govindji Taunk and his son Ranchhod Nanji Taunk of Nanji Govindji & Sons of Bistupur, who belonged to KGK Community, a community noted for their contributions in building Railway lines of India.

Services

Tatanagar railway junction is an important station in the Howrah—Mumbai route, and to other places such as New Delhi, Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Orissa. It is the biggest station of South Eastern Railway in terms of passenger footfalls per day.[2] It falls under South Eastern Railway Zone and Chakradharpur division. More than a 100 trains ply from this route at any given day.[2] It is also a major transit point for citizens from various parts of the state. It is one of the busiest trunk routes section of Eastern India mainly due to being in the main line for passengers as well as goods train. It currently has 6 platforms. 5 are for major trains while one (platform 1B) is used for some passenger trains.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Station Re-development Data - Tata Nagar(TATA)". Central Railway Zone - Indian Railways. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Bridge to ease station rush". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph. 2009-12-29. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

Jamshedpur travel guide from Wikivoyage

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