Chandil railway station
{{short description|Station in Jharkhand, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Chandil
| type = Indian Railways junction station
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image_caption =
| address = Chandil, Seraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.9554|86.0705|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|246|m|ft}}
| line = Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line, Chandil–Barkakana line
| other =
| structure = At Ground
| platform = 4
| tracks =
| parking = Available
| opened = 1890
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1961–62
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = CNI
| zone = South Eastern Railway
| division = Adra
}}
| owned =
| operator =
| status =
| former = Bengal Nagpur Railway
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
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| map_type = India Jharkhand#India
| map_dot_label = Chandil
| map_caption = Location in Jharkhand##Location in India
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways
|line=South Eastern Railway zone|left=Manikul|right=Nimdih|type=Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line
|line2=South Eastern Railway zone|left2=|right2=Goonda Bihar|type2=Chandil–Barkakana line}}
}}
{{Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line|collapse=yes}}
Chandil Railway Station serves Chandil in Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
History
The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.{{cite web| url = http://railwaysofraj.blogspot.in/2011/08/number-1-down-mail.html |title = Number 1 Down Mail|last= |first= | publisher= Railways of the Raj| accessdate = 2012-11-10 }} The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 |title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway |publisher=South Eastern Railway |accessdate=2012-11-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archivedate= 1 April 2013 |df=dmy }}
Electrification
The Purulia–Chakradharpur, Kandra–Gomharria, Sini–Adityapur, Adityapur–Tatanagar, Chakradharpur–Manoharpur and Manoharpur–Rourkela sections were electrified in 1961–62.{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification|work= |last= |first=| publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 2012-11-10 }}
References
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External links
- [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/chandil-junction-cni/1534 Trains at Chandil]
{{Railway stations in Jharkhand}}
{{Kolhan Division topics}}
Category:Chakradharpur railway division