Tatanagar Junction railway station

Tatanagar Junction
Tatanagar Junction
Location	Jugsalai,; Jamshedpur-831002, Jharkhand; India
Coordinates	22°46′07″N 86°12′06″E
Owned by	Indian Railway
Line(s)	Tatanagar-Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line,; Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line,; Tatanagar-Gourmahisani-Badampahar branch line
Platforms	6
Tracks	8
Construction
Parking	Available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	TATA
Fare zone	South Eastern Railway
History
Opened	1910
Electrified	Yes, Since 1957
Traffic
Passengers	50,000 per day[1]
Location
	Tatanagar Junction Location within Jharkhand

Tatanagar Junction Railway Station, station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located on the Howrah-Chakradharpur-Mumbai line of the Indian Railways. It has 5 platforms and handles around 100 trains each day.

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 were 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 25 kV 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 Taunk and his son Ranchhod Nanji Taunk of Nanji Govindji & Sons of Bistupur, who belonged to KGK Community, a community noted for their contributions in building Railway lines of India.

Services

Tatanagar railway junction is an important station in the Howrah—Mumbai route, and to other places such as New Delhi, Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Orissa. It is the large station of South Eastern Railway. It falls under South Eastern Railway Zone and Chakradharpur railway division. More than a 100 trains ply from this route at any given day.[2] 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 5 platforms. 5 are for major trains while one (platform 1) is used for some passenger trains.

Loco Shed

Tatanagar electric loco shed holds 280+ electric locomotives like WAP 7, WAG 7 and WAG 9. And it holds few WAM 4 locomotives too.

It is currently holding 38 WAP 7, 43 WAG 7 & 150+ WAG 9 locomotives.

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References

"Station Re-development Data - Tata Nagar(TATA)". Central Railway Zone - Indian Railways. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
"Bridge to ease station rush". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

External links

Tatanagar Junction Map

Jamshedpur travel guide from Wikivoyage

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[1] "Station Re-development Data - Tata Nagar(TATA)". Central Railway Zone - Indian Railways. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[pt-2] "Bridge to ease station rush". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2010.