Daltonganj railway station


Daltonganj railway station is a railway station serving the cities of Medininagar and Palamu in Palamu district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the headquarters of the Palamu division of the East Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Daltonganj is a major station on the CIC route and will be a primary hub on the Ranchi–New Delhi route after the opening of the Ranchi–Tori rail line. Major trains such as the Ranchi Rajdhani Express, Muri Express, Sambalpur–Varanasi Express, Palamu Express, Ranchi–Varanasi Express, Ranchi–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, Triveni Express, Ahmedabad Kolkata Express, Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express, Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express, and Shaktipunj Express also stop here.
Daltonganj has trains running frequently to Ranchi, Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, and Patna.

History

In 2003, the Dhanbad division was carved out from the existing Dhanbad railway division of the Eastern Railway Zone. As of 2012, Daltonganj station is being renovated and developed in the lines of. The ceilings of the Unreserved Ticketing System and the Passenger Reservation System are being beautified with scenery. The facade of the Daltonganj station was embellished in February 2012.

Connections

Daltonganj station is located close to a bus terminal and a domestic airport providing transport to important destinations in Jharkhand. The nearest airports to Daltonganj station are:
  1. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi –
  2. Gaya Airport –
  3. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna –
  4. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata –

Trains

Several local electric passenger trains also run from Daltonganj to neighbouring destinations at frequent intervals.
Train nameTrain numberSourceDestination
Bsb Rnc Express18612Varanasi JunctionRanchi
Sbp Bsb Express18311RanchiVaranasi Junction
Aii Koaa Special03138Ajmer JunctionHowrah Junction
Shaktipunj Express11447Howrah JunctionJabalpur Junction
Shaktipunj Express11448JabalpurHowrah
Jharkhand S J E12874ANVTHatia
Jharkhand S J E12873HatiaAnand Vihar Trm
RNC Garibnwaz E18632AjmerRanchi
RNC Garibnwaz E18631RanchiAjmer Junction
Sbp Bsb Express18311SambalpurVaranasi Junction
Tatanagar–Jammu tawi18101TatanagarJammu Tawi
Rou Muri Jat Express18109RourkelaJammu Tawi
Tribeni Express84369Barwadih JunctionBareilly
Ranchi Varanasi Exp18611RanchiVaranasi
RNC–NDLS Raj Exp12453RanchiNew Delhi
RNC–NDLS G Rath Exp12877RanchiNew Delhi
Palamu Express13347Barkakana JnPatna Jn
Sare Jahan Se Accha Exp19413KolkataAhemdabad
Santragachi Ajmer Exp18009SantragachiAjmer
Ranchi Rajdhani12454New DelhiRanchi
Ranchi Chopan Exp18613RanchiChopan