Namkon railway station

Namkon Station
Indian Railway Station
Location Ranchi, Ranchi district, Jharkhand
 India
Coordinates 23°21′6″N 85°22′34″E / 23.35167°N 85.37611°E / 23.35167; 85.37611Coordinates: 23°21′6″N 85°22′34″E / 23.35167°N 85.37611°E / 23.35167; 85.37611
Elevation 612 metres (2,008 ft)
Platforms 5
Construction
Parking Available
Other information
Status Functional
Station code NKM
Zone(s) South Eastern Railway
Division(s) Ranchi Division

Namkon Station, station code NKM, is the railway station serving the capital city of Ranchi in the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Namkon Station belongs to the Ranchi division of the South Eastern Railway Zone of the Indian Railway.

Ranchi has trains running frequently to Delhi and Kolkata. The city is a major railway hub and has four major stations: Ranchi Junction Hatia Station, Namkon Station and Tatisilwai Station. Many important trains start from Ranchi Junction as well.

History


Facilities

The major facilities available are Waiting rooms, Vehicle parking etc. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. Security personnel from the Government Railway police(G.R.P) are present for security.

Platforms

There are five platforms which are interconnected with foot over bridge (FOB).

Trains

Several electrified local passenger trains also run from Ranchi to neighbouring destinations on frequent intervals. Following is a list of all the trains passing from Namkon Station (as of 24 April 2012)[1][2]

Trains at Namkon Station
Train No. Train Name Train type Zone From Departure DaysDeparture Time
18621Patliputra ExpressExpSERHatia/HTEDaily4:22
58662Hatia Tatanagar PassengerPassSERTatanagar Junction/TATADaily5:00
18615Howrah-Hatia ExpressExpSERHatia/HTEDaily6:49
18623Patna Rajendra Nagar-Hatia ExpressExpSERHatia/HTEDaily7:58
18613Ranchi Chopan ExpressExpSERChopan/CPUM,T,S7:58
53062Hatia Barddhaman PassengerPassERBarddhaman Junction/BWNDaily8:18
18602Jammu Tawi-Rourkela ExpressExpSERRourkela Junction/ROUDaily9:23
18110Jammu Tawi-Rourkela ExpressExpSERRourkela Junction/ROUDaily9:23
58026Hatia Kharagpur PassengerPassSERKharagpur Junction/KGPDaily9:30
63598Asansol Ranchi MEMUMEMUERRanchi Junction/RNCDaily10:28
68043Muri Ranchi MEMU PassengerMEMUSERRanchi Junction/RNCDaily11:00
53337Garhbeta Ranchi Fast PassengerPassECRRanchi Junction/RNCDaily11:29
63597Ranchi Asansol MEMUMEMUERAsansol Junction/ASNDaily11:39
53335Dhanbad Ranchi PassengerPassECRRanchi Junction/RNCDaily11:59
53338Ranchi Garhbeta PassengerPassECRGarhbeta/GBADaily15:34
18109Rourkela - Muri - Jammu ExpressExpSERJammu Tawi/JATDaily15:48
53336Ranchi Dhanbad PassengerPassECRDhanbad Junction/DHNDaily16:04
53061Barddhaman-Hatia PassengerPassERHatia/HTEDaily16:51
58025Kharagpur-Hatia PassengerPassSERHatia/HTEDaily17:19
58661Tatanagar Hatia PassengerPassSERHatia/HTEDaily17:45
68044Ranchi Muri MEMU PassengerMEMUSERMuri Junction/MURIDaily18:32
18624Hatia-Rajendranagar ExpressExpSERRajendra Nagar Bihar/RJPBDaily19:40
18614Chopan Ranchi ExpressExpSERRanchi Junction/RNCS,W,F20:02
18616Hatia-Howrah ExpressExpSERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily21:53
18622Patliputra ExpressExpSERPatna Junction/PNBEDaily22:38

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Namkon Station are:[3]

  1. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
  2. Gaya Airport, Gaya 180 kilometres (110 mi)
  3. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 281 kilometres (175 mi)
  4. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata 361 kilometres (224 mi)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Trains at Namkon Station". India Rail Info. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Namkon Railway Station Details". indiantrains.org. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ranchi Railway Station". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ranchi.
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