Tatanagar Railway Station
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| Tatanagar Junction Indian Railway Station |
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| Coordinates | 22°46′12″N 86°12′41″E / 22.77°N 86.21139°ECoordinates: 22°46′12″N 86°12′41″E / 22.77°N 86.21139°E |
| Platforms | 5+1 |
| Parking | Available (computerized) |
| Bicycle facilities | Allowed |
| Baggage check | Not Available |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 1910 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Accessible |  |
| Code | TATA |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Fare zone | South Eastern Railway |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers () | approx. 60000 per day |
The Tatanagar Railway Station (Hindi: टाटानगर रेलवे स्टेशन), station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Previously, it belonged to the state of Bihar before a portion of south Bihar came to be incorporated into the new state of Jharkhand.
Tatanagar is a Junction station and is located on the Howrah—Mumbai line of the Indian Railways. It is the second busiest station of South Eastern Railway after Howrah station.[1][2] It has 6 platforms and handles around 100 trains each day. Most westbound and northbound trains and some important trains to other parts of the country originate at Tatanagar Railway Station.
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[edit] History
The Tatanagar Railway Station is more than a century old. Sakchi was identified as the ideal site for the envisaged steel plant in December 1907. In 1910, the village Kalimati which was near to sakchi got itself a railway station on BNR's Howrah-Bombay route.The railways from then on was the life-line of the steel plant established by the Tatas. The name of the Railway station was later changed to Tatanagar in honour of its founder Jamsetji Tata. Tatanagar—Rourkela section was the second 25kV AC electrified section of the country, the first being Burdwan-Mughalsarai (in 1957).
The Tatanagar Railway Station was built by famous Railway Contractor of the town, Nanji Govindji Tank & his son Ranchhod Nanji Tank of Nanji Govindji & Sons of Bistupur, who belonged to KGK Community, a community noted for their contributions in building Railway lines of India.[3][4]
[edit] Services
Tatanagar railway junction is an important station in the Howrah—Mumbai, Delhi—Orissa main line.It is the second biggest station of South Eastern Railway in terms of passenger footfalls per day.[1] It falls under South Eastern Railway Zone and Chakradharpur division. More than a 100 trains ply from this route at any given day.[1] It is also a major transit point for citizens from various parts of the state. It is one of the busiest trunk routes section of Eastern India mainly due to being in the main line for passengers as well as goods train. It currently has 6 platforms. 5 are for major trains while one (platform 1B) is used for some passenger trains.
[edit] Facilities
The station is a category A station and houses all the major facilities like Waiting rooms, Cafeteria, Bookshop, etc. Existing facilities are being revamped for developing it as model station. The linking of the existing footbridge to outside of the railway station has been completed which before produced a huge rush of passengers from the main gate which was quite troublesome for the incoming passengers.
The entry of vehicles in the station premises has been banned, it is only allowed if a special ticket(zero value) is brought.It has been done in order to avoid overcrowding near the main gate. The auto-rickshaws now have a special lane for entry and exit. The entry and exit points now have computerized monitoring units that check vehicles entering and coming out of the railway station. Close circuit television cameras have been installed in the parking area to monitor the people as well as vehicles.[5] The station has also won the award for "best maintained station of South Eastern Railway Division for the year 2009-2010."[6]
The station is set to undergo massive re-modernization seeing the increased influx of passengers. Some of them are:
- Shifting up of unreserved ticket counters from the existing premises to the computerized passenger reservation system building. The unreserved counters will take the ground floor while the reservation counters would be shifted to first floor.[7]
- The existing parcel office at pf 1 is shifted to be shifted to extended region of the platform near the vehicle over bridge to reduce congestion.[7]
- A new entrance from the burmamines end would be made to facilitate passengers from Sakchi, Golmuri, Telco areas. The old vehicle over bridge would be used as a foot bridge for entry of passengers. Ticket counters are also to be made at that end.[8]
- Separate lanes as well as parking facilities for public and private vehicles in order to reduce congestion near the entrance.[8]
- The proposed second footbridge has also been sanctioned.[1]
The Railway Station is a major station of South Eastern Railway's and houses a number of non-passenger related facilities like Loco sheds,Washing lines etc. in its premises. A new advanced washing line is also coming up in the complex.
Apart from this Adityapur has a goods yard which is used by Tata Steel for parking purpose. A proposed sick line is also going to come up there. The station facilities(yard) are being enhanced seeing need arising out of the ongoing expansion of the Tata Steel plant from 6.8 MT to 10 MT.
[edit] Trains
[edit] Express Trains
| S.No. | Train No. | Train Name | Source - Destination |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12443 | Bhubneswar Rajdhani Express | Rajdhani from Bhubneswar(4 days a week) |
| 2 | 12801 | Puroshottam Express | To Delhi from Puri |
| 3 | 12819 | Orissa Sampark Kranti Express | To Delhi from Bhubaneswar |
| 4 | 18477 | Utkal Express | To Haridwar(via Delhi) from Puri |
| 5 | 12875 | Neelachal Express | To Delhi from Puri |
| 6 | 18101 | Tata Jammu Tawi Express | To Jammu (via delhi). |
| 7 | 18103 | Jalianwala Bagh Express | To Amritsar |
| 8 | 12860 | Gitanjali Express | To Mumbai from Howrah |
| 9 | 18030 | Shalimar - Kurla (T) Express | To Mumbai from Shalimar(Howrah) |
| 10 | 02870 | Howrah CSTM Superfast Special | To Mumbai from Howrah |
| 11 | 12102 | Jnaneshwari Super Delx Express | To Mumbai from Howrah |
| 12 | 12870 | Howrah CSTM Superfast Express | To Mumbai from Howrah |
| 13 | 12810 | Howrah Mumbai Mail (Via Nagpur) | To Mumbai from Howrah |
| 14 | 18189 | Tata Alleppy Express | To Alappuzha |
| 15 | 15930 | Dibrugarh Chennai Express | To Chennai from Dibrugarh Town |
| 16 | 15630 | Guwahati Chennai Express | To Chennai from Guwahati |
| 17 | 12834 | Howrah Ahmedabad Express | To Ahmedabad from Howrah |
| 18 | 12906 | Howrah Porbander okha Express | To Porbander/Okha from Howrah |
| 19 | 12130 | Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express | To Pune from Howrah |
| 20 | 12889 | Tata Yeswantpur Express | To Bangalore |
| 21 | 18006 | Koraput Howrah Express | To Koraput from Howrah |
| 22 | 12022 | Barbil Howrah Janashatabdi | To Barbil from Howrah |
| 23 | 12814 | Tata Howrah Steel Express | To Howrah |
| 24 | 12872 | Ispat Express | To Howrah from Titlagarh |
| 25 | 18618 | Ranchi Howrah Intercity Express | To Howrah from Ranchi |
| 26 | 12866 | Lalmati Express | To Purulia from Howrah |
| 27 | 18616 | Howrah Hatia Express | To Hatia from Howrah |
| 28 | 22906 | Howrah Happa Link Express | To Happa from Howrah |
| 29 | 13287 | South Bihar Express | From Durg to Danapur |
| 30 | 18181 | Tata Chapra Katihar Express | To Chapra\Katihar |
| 31 | 18183 | Tata Danapur Express | To Danapur |
| 32 | 13302 | Suvarna Rekha Express | To Dhanbad |
[edit] Passenger Trains
| Sl.No. | TRAIN NO. | TRAIN NAME |
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| 1 | 1 T.B. | Tata-BadamPahar Mixed Passenger |
| 2 | 85 | Tata-Barkakhana Passenger |
| 3 | 301 | Tata-Gua Passenger |
| 4 | 303 | Chakradharpur-Tata Passenger |
| 5 | 307 | Tata-Ranchi-Tata EMU Local |
| 6 | 321 | Tata-Nagpur Passenger |
| 7 | 327 | Tata-Nagpur Passenger |
| 8 | 329 | Tata-Barbil Passenger |
| 9 | 345 | Kharagpur-Tata Passenger |
| 10 | 349 | Kharagpur-Tata Passenger |
| 11 | 351 | Kharagpur-Tata Passenger |
| 12 | 353 | Kharagpur-Tata EMU Local |
| 13 | 440 | Tata-Asansol EMU Local |
Apart from this eight new trains are scheduled to be routed through Tatanagar in 2010.[9] The trains are Kharagpur-Purulia Inter City Express, Howrah-Pune Duronto Express, Chennai-New Jalpaiguri Express, Howrah-Shirdi Sainagar Express, Guwahati-Kurla Karmabhoomi Express and Shalimar-Gorakhpur Express. The two passenger trains are Jhargram-Barabhum MEMU local and Tata-Hatia Passenger.[9]
[edit] Gallery
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Early morning view of the station
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Bridge to ease station rush". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph. 2009-12-29. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091229/jsp/jharkhand/story_11917028.jsp. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ The Signal’s Red
- ^ Shree Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Samaj : A brief History & Glory of our fore-fathers(2007) :by Raja Pawan Jethwa (Caluctta). Section II: Mileage wise available Details of Railway lines laid.
- ^ Nanji Bapa ni Nondh-pothi (1999) : by Dharshi J. Tank (Vadodara).
- ^ The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Jharkhand | Swanky rail station on cards
- ^ The Signal’s Red
- ^ a b "Makeover bid for Tata station". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). August 13, 2010. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100813/jsp/jharkhand/story_12805478.jsp.
- ^ a b "Friendly Tatanagar proposes toast to passengers". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). August 21, 2010. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100821/jsp/jharkhand/story_12836910.jsp.
- ^ a b Majumdar, Pinaki (June 30, 2010). "Eight new trains allotted to Tatanagar". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100630/jsp/jharkhand/story_12627004.jsp.
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