Tatanagar Junction railway station

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Tatanagar Junction
Tatanagar–Gourmahisani–Badampahar branch line
Platforms6
Tracks8
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingYes
AccessibleDisabled access Available
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeTATA
Zone(s) South Eastern Railway zone
Division(s) Chakradharpur
History
Opened1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Electrified1957
Passengers
1,00,000 per day[1]
Location
Tatanagar Junction is located in Jharkhand
Tatanagar Junction
Tatanagar Junction
Location within Jharkhand
Tatanagar Junction is located in India
Tatanagar Junction
Tatanagar Junction
Tatanagar Junction (India)

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–Nagpur–Mumbai line of the Indian Railways. It has 6 platforms and handles around 100 trains each day. On 26th February 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually lay the foundation stone for the re-development of the station at cost of ₹335 Crores.[2][3]

History

The Tatanagar railway station was built in the early twentieth century.

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 Nanji Govindji Taunk and his son Ranchhod Nanji Taunk of Nanji Govindji & Sons of

KGK Community
, a community noted for their contributions in building Railway lines of India.

The city's importance as an industrial hub encouraged travel patterns linking to much of India via the station. During smallpox eradication efforts across 1974 the station became notorious among eradication staff as "the world's greatest exporter of smallpox", exporting as many as 300 outbreaks across India and Nepal.[4] For the duration of the epidemic train services were instead diverted to checkpoints where passengers could be assessed for symptoms of smallpox.[5]

Services

Tatanagar railway station lies on the

Orissa. It is a large station of South Eastern Railway. It falls under South Eastern Railway zone and Chakradharpur railway division. More than a 100 trains ply this route on any given day.[6] It is one of the busiest trunk routes section of Eastern India. It includes 6 platforms, 5 for major trains while one (platform near the washing line) is used for some passenger trains.[7]

Loco Shed

WAG-9. It held many WAM-4 (now scrapped or withdrawn), while some of the WAM-4s from other sheds are still seen. WAG-7
locomotives based in Tatanagar Electric Loco Shed were transferred to other sheds.

It is currently holding 38

WAG-9
locomotives.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Station Re-development Data – Tata Nagar(TATA)". Central Railway Zone – Indian Railways. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ "टाटानगर स्टेशन पर खर्च होंगे लगभाग 400करोड़, प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने किया शिलान्यास". aimamedia.org. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Tatanagar railway station: देश के प्रधानमंत्री ने दक्षिण पूर्व रेलवे के 71 स्टेशनों को पुनर्विकसित करने का किया शिलान्यास, देखें VIDEO - The Social Bharat | Jharkhand News". 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ISBN 0472100599
    .
  5. ISBN 0802139396
    .
  6. The Telegraph. Kolkata. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original
    on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  7. ^ "IRI General Timeline - Page 1 - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

External links

Jamshedpur travel guide from Wikivoyage

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