Mandar Hill railway station explained

Mandar Hill
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Station Road, SH 23, Bounsi, Banka district, Bihar 813104
Elevation:107m (351feet)
Line:Bhagalpur – Dumka line
Other:Dumka, Bhagalpur
Structure:At–grade
Platform:3
Tracks:3
Parking:Available
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Eastern Railway zone
Status:Functioning
Zone:Indian Railways
Map State:collapsed

Mandar Hill railway station (Code:MDLE) is a railway station on the BhagalpurDumka railway line in Banka district of Bihar state in India. It is in the Malda railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.

History

It's been a broad gauge track since 1893. The track was extended southwards to Hansdiha in 2014 and further connected to Dumka in 2015.

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1FOB, Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right
Track 1
Track 2
FOB, Island platform, No- 2 doors will open on the left/right
Island platform, No- 3 doors will open on the left/right
Track 3

Trains

Four passenger trains running between Bhagalpur junction and Godda and Dumka stop at Mandar Hill railway station.[1]

3 Express trains halt here.

Nearest airport

The nearest airports are Birsa Munda Airport at Ranchi,Gaya Airport, Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport at Patna and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at Kolkata.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trains at Mandar Hill. India Rail Info. 22 August 2017.