| Barkakana Junction | |
| Type: | Indian Railways junction station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | Barkakana, Ramgarh district, Jharkhand |
| Country: | India |
| Elevation: | 341m (1,119feet) |
| Line: | Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line |
| Structure: | At Ground |
| Platform: | 5 |
| Tracks: | 11 |
| Parking: | Available |
| Opened: | 1927 |
| Electrified: | 1996–97 |
| Accessible: | Available |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | East Central Railways |
| Status: | Functional |
| Former: | Central India Coalfields Railway East Indian Railway |
| Map Type: | India Jharkhand#India |
| Map Dot Label: | Barkakana Junction railway station |
Barkakana Junction railway station, (station code BRKA), serves Barkakana and the surrounding coal mining areas in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It comes under Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway zone.
In 1927, the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Gomoh–Barkakana line. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later, these lines were amalgamated with East Indian Railway.[1] In the same year (1927), Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the 116km (72miles) Muri–Barkakana section to traffic.[2] The 57 km-long Hazaribagh–Barkakana section was opened for passenger trains on 7 December 2016 by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das[3] [4]
Barkakana–Garhwa, Barkakana–Danea and Barkakana–Ramgarh sections were electrified in 1996–97.[5]