Koderma Junction | |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Station Road, Jhumri Telaiya, Koderma, Jharkhand- 825409 |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 398m (1,306feet) |
Line: | Asansol–Gaya section of Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line, Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line, Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line and Koderma–Tilaiya line (under construction) |
Platform: | 7 |
Tracks: | 8 |
Parking: | Available |
Bicycle: | Not available |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | East Central Railway |
Status: | Functional |
Map Type: | India Jharkhand |
Map Dot Label: | Koderma Junction |
Map Size: | 300 |
Koderma Junction railway station, station code KQR, is railway station of the Indian railway under Dhanbad railway division of East Central Railway zone serving the city of Jhumri Telaiya, Koderma, the headquarters of Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Koderma is located at .[1] It is in the Dhanbad railway division of the East Central Railway zone. Grand Chord rail-line that connects Howrah and New Delhi passes through Koderma Junction. Other 3 lines have been connected with Koderma making it a junction namely Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line, Koderma–Giridih–Madhupur line and Koderma–Tilaiya line(Under construction) by which koderma junction is directly connected with Nawada, Rajgir & biharsarif and also the new route to go patna. It has an elevation of 398m (1,306feet). Koderma has a rail connectivity with the other major parts of the country such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow,Patna, Ranchi,Jamshedpur, Varanasi, Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Ajmer, Secunderabad, Amritsar etc.
The Grand Chord was opened in 1906.[2]
The Gomoh–Koderma sector was electrified in 1961–62.[3]
The station houses all the major facilities like waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, bookshop, etc.[4]
Koderma station's location on the Grand Chord makes it served by several superfast, express and passenger trains from all over the country.[5] [6] Following are some of the premium train services:
The nearest airports to Koderma station are: