Koderma Junction railway station


Koderma Junction Railway Station, station code KQR, is railway station of the Indian railway serving the city of Jhumri Telaiya, Koderma, the headquarters of Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Koderma is in the Dhanbad Rail Division of the East Central Railway zone. Grand Chord rail-line that connects Howrah and New Delhi passes through Koderma junction. Other 3 lines have been connected with Koderma making it a Junction namely Koderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakana-Ranchi line, Koderma-Giridih-Madhupur line and Koderma-Tilaiya line. Koderma is located at. It has an elevation of. Koderma has a rail connectivity with the other major parts of the country such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Pune, Guwahati etc.

History

The Grand Chord was opened in 1906.

Electrification

The Gomoh-Koderma sector was electrified in 1961–62.

Facilities

The station houses all the major facilities like waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, bookshop, etc.

Trains

Koderma Station's location on the Grand Chord, makes it served by numerous express and superfast trains from all over the country. Several electrified local passenger trains also run from Koderma to neighbouring destinations at regular intervals.

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Koderma Station are:
  1. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi
  2. Gaya Airport
  3. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
  4. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna