Barwadih Junction railway station

Location
	Barwadih Junction Location within Jharkhand

Route map
v; t; e; Barkakana–Son Nagar line
	Legend
	Son Nagar
	Mughalsarai Jn. · Gaya Jn.
	Bihar
	Jharkhand
	Uttar Pradesh
	Jharkhand
	93
	0
	227
	0
	JSEB
	Thermal Power Station
	JSPL Steel and
	Power plant
	to Gomoh/
	Koderma

Barwadih Junction
Barwadih Junction
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Barwadih, Latehar district, Jharkhand; India
Coordinates	23°50′38″N 84°07′00″E / 23.8438°N 84.1168°E
Elevation	296 metres (971 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railway
Line(s)	Barkakana–Son Nagar line
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground Station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	BRWD
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Dhanbad
Route map
Route map
v; t; e; Barkakana–Son Nagar line
	Legend
	Son Nagar
	Mughalsarai Jn. · Gaya Jn.
	Bihar
	Jharkhand
	Uttar Pradesh
	Jharkhand
	93
	0
	227
	0
	JSEB
	Thermal Power Station
	JSPL Steel and
	Power plant
	to Gomoh/
	Koderma
Location
Location
	Barwadih Junction Location within Jharkhand

Barwadih Junction, station code BRWD, is the railway station serving the city of Barwadih which is the connecting point of Latehar and Palamu districts. Barwadih Junction belongs to the East Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Barwadih is surrounded by hills.

History

This is one of the junctions connecting Latehar and Palamu districts of Jharkhand. The Railway Ministry plans to build a new 178 km (111 mi) km line between Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) and Barwadih (Jharkhand). The proposed line will reduce the distance between Mumbai and Howrah via Jabalpur by about 420.25 km (261 mi).

Britishers were the first to moot the proposal way back in 1925 to connect Ambikapur and Barwadih, both coal-rich areas, by rail. The plan was aimed to facilitate the transportation of minerals.^[1]

The Britishers knew the importance of the rail line and the work on the project was started in the early 1930s after conducting the survey, sources added.^[2] The required land for the project was also acquired. But the work was stopped during World War II and the project had been pending since then, sources said.^[2]

The new rail line will give connectivity from Howrah, Dhanbad & Ranchi to Mumbai via Lohardaga, Barkakana, Latehar, Barwadih, Ambikapur, Katni, Jabalpur & Itarsi. It would help reducing the rail distance between the two Metros. At present, both the Metros are connected by two different rail routes one via Nagpur & Bilaspur and another via Itarsi & Jabalpur.

The distance between Howrah and Mumbai via Jabalpur is 2,162.5 km (1,344 mi) km while the same via Nagpur comes to be around 1,970.5 km (1,224 mi). The railway runs maximum trains between both the Metros via Nagpur–Bilaspur section. Besides a daily Kolkata mail, a couple of weekly trains chug on Jabalpur–Itarsi section.

Sources said that the new 178 km (111 mi) Barwadih–Ambikapur line would change the rail map route between Howrah and Mumbai. If the new line starts, it will reduce the distance between both the Metros by more than 420.25 km (261 mi), thus making it shortest route between Mumbai and Howrah by curtailing travel time by at least hours.^[3]

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc.

Platforms

The platforms are interconnected with foot overbridge (FOB).

Trains

Several electrified local passenger trains also run from Barwadih to neighbouring destinations on frequent intervals.

Train name	Train number	Source	Destination
BSB RNC Express	18612	Varanasi Junction	Ranchi
Shaktipunj Express	11448	Howrah Junction	Jabalpur Junction
Shaktipunj Express	11447	Jabalpur Junction	Howrah Junction
HTE - ANVT Jharkhand Express	12873	Hatia	Anand Vihar Terminal
RNC CPU Express	18631	Ranchi	Chopan Junction
SBP BSB Express	18311	Sambalpur	Varanasi Junction
HWH BPL Weekly Express	13025	Howrah Junction	Bhopal
TATA JAT Express	18101	Tatanagar Junction	Jammu Tawi
Palamu Express	13347	Barkakana Junction	Patna Junction
Palamu Express	13348	Patna Junction	Barkakana Junction

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Barwadih Station are:

Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 180 kilometres (110 mi)
Gaya Airport, Gaya 163 kilometres (101 mi)
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 276 kilometres (171 mi)
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata

References

^ "जानें अंबिकापुर-बरवाडीह रेल लाइन के 70 साल के संघर्ष की कहानी, पटरी तो दूर एक तगाड़ी गिट्टी भी नहीं हुई नसीब | Know Ambikapur-Barwadih rail line history". Patrika News (in Hindi). 13 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "अंग्रेजों की बिछाई अधूरी रेललाइन के आजाद भारत में पूर्ण होने की प्रतीक्षा". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 27 August 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ Das, R. Krishna (3 March 2010). "Proposed new rail line to bring Mumbai, Kolkata closer". Business Standard India. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

External links

[1] "जानें अंबिकापुर-बरवाडीह रेल लाइन के 70 साल के संघर्ष की कहानी, पटरी तो दूर एक तगाड़ी गिट्टी भी नहीं हुई नसीब | Know Ambikapur-Barwadih rail line history". Patrika News (in Hindi). 13 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[:0-2] "अंग्रेजों की बिछाई अधूरी रेललाइन के आजाद भारत में पूर्ण होने की प्रतीक्षा". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 27 August 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[3] Das, R. Krishna (3 March 2010). "Proposed new rail line to bring Mumbai, Kolkata closer". Business Standard India. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

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