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Hazaribagh Town Railway Station (station code HZBN) is a railway station in India which serves the city of Hazaribagh in the state of Jharkhand. It belongs to East Central Railway of Dhanbad division and is located on NH100, Kumhar Toli in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand state. Patna - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express also halts at Hazaribagh Town railway station.




Geography






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Hazaribagh Town railway station is located at 23.9837°N 85.3402°E / 23.9837; 85.3402.




History


This line was announced in Railway Budget 1999 under the rule of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After 16 years, this dream was fulfilled on 20 February 2015. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmad, Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha, Union Minister of State for Finance and Hazaribagh MP Jayant Sinha. 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. Also a railway coal siding line has been constructed from Hazaribagh Town to Bandag.
New Railway line between Tatisilwai and Sanki was inaugurated by CM Raghubar Das on 29 August 2019. Two new pairs of passenger trains between Hatia and Sanki station started on 29 August 2019. Trial run on the newly constructed remaining Sidhwar-Sanki 27 kilometer rail section was successful on November 18 2022. 4 tunnels, 32 curves and five major bridges have been constructed in this 27 km long rail section. Currently Patna - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express runs on this route, which was inaugurated on 27 June 2023 by Narendra Modi through video conferencing from Bhopal.




Cost of the project


The project estimated cost for the full stretch between Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi (total length of 200 kilometers) has an estimated cost of INR 3,000 crores. The railway stretch between Hazaribagh to Koderma, a 79.7 kilometer distance, incurred cost of INR 936 crores. During the inception of project in the year 1999, the estimated cost was around INR 332 crores, however over the period of time, the cost has been escalated to nearly INR 936 crores.




Trains


Hazaribagh Town railway station handles trains six times daily except Tuesday and four times on Tuesday (Patna - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express does not run on Tuesdays). The trains are run by East Central Railway zone. Following are the trains arriving and departing from Hazaribagh Town railway station.




See also


Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line
Koderma Junction railway station
Barkakana Junction railway station
Patna - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express




References






External links


Hazaribagh Town railway station at the India Rail Info
Rail construction on track amid security

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar kode pos di India
• Hazaribagh Town railway station
• Hazaribagh
• Hazaribagh Road railway station
• Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line
• Charhi railway station
• Railway stations in Jharkhand
• Hazaribagh district
• Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency
• Barhi, Hazaribagh
• Barkakana Junction railway station