Jharia fire impact: Railways to close traffic on Dhanbad- Chandrapura section
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Jun 13, 2017: In a bid to ensure the safety of passengers, Ministry of Railways has decided to close traffic on Dhanbad-Chandrapura section due to underground fire of the Jharia coalfield from June 15. Thirteen mail and express trains along with six passenger trains will remain cancelled and seven trains will be diverted through two different routes from Wednesday midnight (June 15).
The decision was taken two days back acting on advisory received from the ministry of coal in view of passengers’ safety, said railway board (member traffic) Mohd Jamshed. 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 added that all efforts would be made to minimize passenger inconvenience. The details of the diverted & cancelled trains are as fol
| 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 |
Mail Exp Trains
| 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 |
