Barkakana Junction railway station

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Barkakana Junction
Indian Railways junction station
Barkakana Junction railway station building
General information
Location	Barkakana, Ramgarh district, Jharkhand India
Coordinates	23°37′27′′N 85°28′12′′E / 23.6242°N 85.4701°E / 23.6242; 85.4701
Elevation	341 metres (1,119 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railways
Line(s)	Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Construction
Structure type	At Ground
Parking	Available
Accessible	Disabled access Available
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	BRKA
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Dhanbad
History
Opened	1927
Electrified	1996–97
Previous names	Central India Coalfields Railway East Indian Railway
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v t e Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line
Legend
km Up arrow Barkakana–Ranchi line Left arrow Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line 105 Barkakana Right arrow Barkakana–Son Nagar line Damodar River 103 Arigada Right arrow Koderma–Barkakana line 97 Ranchi Road NH20-IN.svg NH 20 88 Digwar Halt 85 Karmahat 80 Chainpur 75 Jogeshwar Bihar Bokaro River 67 Danea Tenughat Thermal Power Station 56 Dumri Bihar Indian Explosives Limited 49 Gomia Gomia Airport Konar River 44 Bokaro Thermal Bokaro Thermal Power Station B
	38	Jarangdih
	35	Bermo
	32	Amlo
	Kargali colliery and washery
	29	Phusro
	24	Bhandaridah
	Left arrow Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
	Chandrapura Thermal Power Station
	17 0	Chandrapura
	4	Dugda Halt
	Left arrow Adra–Gomoh branch line
	9	Telo
	5	Kochargara
	Jamunia River
	UpperLeft arrow Adra–Gomoh line
	0	N.S.C Bose Gomoh Left arrow Asansol Jn. · Gaya Jn. Right arrow

v t e Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana-Ranchi line
Legend
km Up arrow Hatia–Rourkela line Down arrow Ranchi–Tori line to Tori
	211	Ranchi Junction
	207	Namkon
	Left arrow to Kandra (planned) Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line
	200	Tatisilwai
	Left arrow Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
	191	Mesra
	183	Hundur Halt
	177	Jhanjhitoli Halt
	170	Shanki
	156	Daridag
	Tunnel T1
	147	Hehal
	Tunnel T2
	Tunnel T3
	143	Sidhwar
	Left arrow Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line
	137	Barkakana Junction
	Down arrow Barkakana–Son Nagar line
	Damodar River
	134	Arigada
	Left arrow Gomoh–Barkakana branch line
	123	Kuju
	NH20-IN.svg NH 20
	113	Mandu
	NH20-IN.svg NH 20
	107	Charhi
	90	Bes
	Bandag Siding
	80	Hazaribagh Town
	73	Kansar Nawada
	56	Katkamsandi
	Up arrow Barkakana–Son Nagar line
	Up arrow Ranchi–Tori line to Ranchi '
	0	Tori
	Down arrow Barkakana–Son Nagar line
	7	Biratoli
	15	Kusmahi
	19	Balumath
	27	Bukru
	32	Phulbasia
	37	Manatu
	42	Shivpoor
	under construction
	50/87	Kathautia
	43	Kurhagada
	35	Padma
	23	Barhi
	NH19-IN.svg NH 19
	Barakar River
	14	Urwan
	8	Pipradih
	UpperLeft arrow Asansol–Gaya section
	Left arrow Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line
	0	Koderma Junction
	LowerRight arrow Asansol–Gaya section
	Down arrow to Tilaiya (under construction)

Source: Google Maps
Koderma–Barkakana Passenger

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 116-kilometre (72 mi) 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]

• Overall 3.8/5

• cleanliness - good (8)/10

• porters/escalators - average (7)/10

• food - average (7)/10

• transportation - good (8)/10

• lodging - average (5)/10

• safety - good (6)/10

No. of Originating trains- 9

• Patna–Ranchi Vande Bharat Express
• Tatanagar–Patna Vande Bharat Express (one day in a week)
• Ranchi–New Delhi Garib Rath Express
• Dhanbad-Nashik Road Special Garib Rath
• Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express (via Barkakana)
• Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gaya Weekly Superfast Express
• Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express
• Ranchi–Varanasi Express
• Ranchi–Chopan Express
• Shaktipunj Express
• Tatanagar–Jammu Tawi Express
• Sambalpur–Jammu Tawi Express
• Palamu Express
• Howrah–Bhopal Weekly Express
• Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express
• Kolkata–Madar Express (Weekly Express)
• Ahmedabad–Kolkata Express (Weekly express)
• (13513/14) Asansol - Hatia Express

And many more express, passenger and intercity train run through this station.

• Birsa Munda Airport (53 Km)
• Bokaro Airport (85 Km)
• Dhanbad Airport (130 Km)
• Sonari Airport (167 Km)

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Ramgarh Cantt towards ?	South Eastern Railway zone Muri–Barkakana line	Terminus
Argada towards ?	East Central Railway zone Gomoh–Barkakana line
	East Central Railway zone Barkakana–Koderma section via Hazaribagh
Sidhwar towards ?	East Central Railway zone Barkakana–Ranchi section
Bhurkunda towards ?	East Central Railway zone Barkakana Sonnagar and Singrauli line

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