Ministry of Railways closes traffic on Dhanbad- Chandrapura section

Due to Jharia Coal Field Fire and acting on subsequent advisory received from Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Railways has decided to stop the operation of goods and passenger traffic on Dhanbad-Chandrapura Railway line w.e.f. 15.06.2017. Keeping in view the safety of passengers, Ministry of Railways has diverted 7 trains, cancelled 13 Mail Express Trains & 6 passenger trains.

Member Traffic, Railway Board Mohd Jamshed conducted a Press Conference in Rail Bhavan today to brief about this development. He informed that on an average 11 pairs of Mail/Express and 6 pairs of passenger trains run on the section daily. Special counters to facilitate refunds as per extant rules will be provided for the affected passengers. He reiterated that all efforts would be made to minimize passenger inconvenience. The details of the diverted & cancelled trains are as follows:

DIVERSION PLAN IN VIEW OF CLOSURE OF DHANBAD-CHANDRAPURA SECTION
	Train no	Name of Train	Station From	Station To	Frequency	Diverted Route
1	12019/20	Shatabdi Express	Howrah	Ranchi	6 Days a week	Dhanbad-Gomoh-Chandrapura
2	15028/27	Maurya Express	Gorakhpur	Hatia	Daily	Dhanbad-Gomoh-Chandrapura
3	13351/52	Dhanbad -Alleppey Express	Dhanbad	Alleppey	Daily	Dhanbad-Gomoh-Chandrapura
4	11448/47	Shaktipunj Express	Howrah	Jabalpur	Daily	Dhanbad-Gomoh-Chandrapura
5	18621/22	Patliputra Express	Patna	Hatia	Daily	Chittranjan-Asansol (Reversal)- Jaichandipahar- Bhojudiah-Talgharia-Bokaro
6	18620/19	Dumka-Ranchi Intercity	Dumka	Ranchi	Daily	Chittranjan-Asansol (Reversal)- Jaichandipahar- Bhojudiah-Talgharia-Bokaro
7	13303/04	Dhanbad-Ranchi Intercity	Dhanbad	Ranchi	Daily	Chittranjan-Asansol (Reversal)- Jaichandipahar- Bhojudiah-Talgharia-Bokaro

The following trains will remain cancelled :

Mail Exp Trains
SN	Train	Train Name
SN	Train	Train Name	Frequency	From	To
1	13403/04	VANANCHAL EXP	Daily	Ranchi	Bhagalpur
2	18605/06	RNC- JYG EXPRESS	Tri weekly	Ranchi	Jaynagar
3	18627/28	RNC-HWH INTERCITY EXPRESS	Tri weekly	Ranchi	Howrah
4	12831/32	GARIB RATH	Tri weekly	Dhanbad	Bhubaneshwar
5	18603/04	RNC-BGP EXPRESS	Tri weekly	Ranchi	Bhagalpur
6	15661/62	RNC-KYQ EXPRESS	Bi weekly	Ranchi	Kamakhya
7	17007/08	DBG-SC EX	bi weekly	Darbhanga	Secunderabad
8	18629/30	RNC NJP WEEKLY EXP	weekly	Ranchi	New Jalpaiguri
9	17005/06	HYB RXL EX	weekly	Hyderabad	Raxaul
10	13025/26	BPL-HWH EX	weekly	Bhopal	Howrah
11	19413/14	KOAA- ADI EX	weekly	Kolkata	Ahmedabad
12	19607/08	KOAA-AII EX	weekly	Kolkata	Ajmer
13	13425/26	ST-MLDT EX	weekly	Surat	Malda
PASSENGER TRAINS
1	53341/42	Muri-DHN	Daily	Muri	Dhanbad
2	68079/80	CRP-BJE	Daily	Chandrapura	Bhojudih
3	58013/14	BKSC-CRP-HWH	Daily	Bokaro	Howrah
4	53335/36	HTE-DHN	Daily	Ranchi	Dhanbad
5	53339/40	CRP-DHN	six days in a week	Chandrapura	Dhanbad
6	68019/20	Jhargram – DHN	six days in a week	Jhargram	Dhanbad