Mokama–Barauni section

Mokama–Barauni section
Overview
Type	Electrified
System	Broad Gauge
Status	Operational
Locale	Bihar
Termini	Mokama Junction Barauni
Stations	9
Operation
Owner	Indian Railway
Operator(s)	East Central Railway
Technical
Line length	21 km (13 mi)
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge

Mokama-Barauni section
Track gauge: Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Legend
km from Patna on Howrah–Delhi main line 0 Mokama Rampur Dumra 5 Aunta (halt) 8 Hathidah to Kiul on Howrah–Delhi main line 11 Rajendra pul Rajendra Setu across Ganges 12 Chakia Thermal (halt) 15 Semaria 18 Garhara (halt) 21 Barauni to Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines to Barauni–Katihar section Source: Indian Railways Time Table, Eastern Zone

The Mokama–Barauni section connects Mokama Junction and Barauni in the Indian state of Bihar .

The Howrah–Delhi Main Line on the southern side of the Ganges was opened to through traffic in 1866 and the railway lines on the northern side of the Ganges also came up in the subsequent years of the nineteenth century.^[1] The lines could only be connected with the construction of 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) long Rajendra Setu in 1959.^[2]

The 3.19-kilometre (1.98 mi) long Munger Ganga Bridge, 55 km downstream of the Rajendra Setu, under construction in 2012, will link Jamalpur station on the Sahibganj Loop line of Eastern Railway to the Barauni-Katihar section of East Central Railway.^[3]

The 4.56-kilometre (2.83 mi) long Ganga Rail-Road Bridge located near Patna, under construction in 2012, will link to Sonepur.^[4]

References

1. "Indian Railways line history 2. North Eastern Railway" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-24.
2. "Indian railways history (after independence)". Indian Railways. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
3. "Trains in India". PPPNOW.com. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
4. "‘Rail bridge over Ganga would be nation’s pride’". Chennai, India: The Hindu, 13 October 2009. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

External links

• Trains at Barauni