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Koderma Junction railway station

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Parking
  
Available

Status
  
Functional

Elevation
  
398 m

Platforms in use
  
5

Bicycle facilities
  
Not Available

Station code
  
KQR

Phone
  
091637 83645

Koderma Junction railway station

Location
  
Station Road, Koderma, Koderma district, Jharkhand  India

Line(s)
  
Asansol-Gaya section of Grand Chord, Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line and Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line

Address
  
Jhumri Telaiya, Jharkhand 825409

Similar
  
Parasnath railway station, Gaya Junction railway st, Bhabua Road railway st, Netaji Subhas Chandra, Hazaribagh Road railway st

Koderma Station, station code KQR, is railway station of the Indian railway serving the city of Koderma, the headquarters of Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Koderma is in the Dhanbad Rail Division of the East Central Railway zone. Grand Chord rail-line that connects Howrah and New Delhi passes through Koderma junction. Koderma is located at 23°26′7″N 86°31′39″E. It has an elevation of 398 metres (1,306 ft). Koderma has a rail connectivity with the other major parts of the country such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Pune, Guwahati etc.

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History

The Grand Chord was opened in 1906.

Electrification

The Gomoh-Koderma sector was electrified in 1961-62.

Facilities

The station houses all the major facilities like waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, bookshop, etc.

Trains

Koderma Station's location on the Grand Chord, makes it served by numerous express and superfast trains from all over the country. Several electrified local passenger trains also run from Koderma to neighbouring destinations at regular intervals.

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Koderma Station are:

  1. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 140 kilometres (87 mi)
  2. Gaya Airport 77 kilometres (48 mi)
  3. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
  4. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 253 kilometres (157 mi)

References

Koderma Junction railway station Wikipedia