#Knowyourstation.
Steel City no.2 of Jharkhand:-Bokaro Steel City.
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#History:- The railway station and the surrounding areas
were earlier called Maraphari, in what was
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Hazaribagh distrct. The surrounding
areas are still referred to as Maraphari. With
the construction of the Bokaro Steel Plant, the
railway station was renamed Bokaro Steel
City.
Amongst the railway lines earlier laid in the
area was the Grand Chord of East Indian
Railway Company which was opened in 1906.
With the opening up of coalfields in the area
between Gomoh and Barkakana, came the
Gomoh-Barkakana line in 1927.The Bengal
Nagpur Railway built the line from Nagpur to
Asansol and opened it for goods traffic in
1891.The line was extended to Gomoh in
1907 and the Mohuda-Chandrapura link came
in 1913.
The construction of the 143 kilometres (89 mi)
long Chandrapura-Muri-Ranchi-Hatia line
started in 1957 and was completed in 1961.
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#Stationinformation:-#Opened:-1961.
#Electrified:-Yes(1986-89).
#Zone:-SER.
#Ownedby:-IR.
#Stationcode:-BKSC.
#Parking:-Available.
#Baggagechecking:-Available.
#Noofplatforms:-3.
#Status:-Functioning.
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#Electrification:- Railway lines in the Bokaro area (including
Bokaro Steel City Yard) were electrified in
1986-89.
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#Locoshed&yard:- Bokaro Steel City has a diesel loco shed with
WDM-2 ),WDM-3A,WAG-5,WAG-7 locos. Bokaro Steel City
has an Electric Locomotive Shed. It has a
large yard for Bokaro Steel Plant .
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#Amentities:- Bokaro Steel City railway station has 5
double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and a
four-bedded dormitory.
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#Notabletrains:- notable trains.
12801/12802 Purushottam Express.
12875/12876 Neelanchal Express.
12439/12440 Ranchi Rajdhani Express.
12825/12826 Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express.
18103/18104 Jallianwala Bagh Express.
22823/22824 Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express.
12019/12020 Ranchi Howrah Shatabdi Express.
22805/22806 New Delhi Bhubaneswar Superfast Express Via Sambalpur.
12831/12832 Dhanbad Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express.
13351/13352 Dhanbad Allapuzha Express.
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#Majorindustries:-SAIL,Electrosteel Castings Limited,Bokaro Jaypee Cement Limited,Bokaro Power Supply Co Pvt Ltd.,BIADA.
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#Placesofinterest:- Bokaro Steel Plant main gate
Jaggannath mandir Bokaro,Ram mandir,Bokaro,Sri Sri Kalika Maharani Temple,Ayappa Temple,City park Bokaro,Garga Dam,Parasnath Hills,Rajarappa.

#Know #Your #Train
#Brahmaputra #Mail
#Service type: Mail/Express
#Status: Operating
#Current operator: Indian Railways
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#Route:
#Start: Dibrugarh (DBRG)
#End: Delhi Junction (DLI)
#Service frequency: Daily
#Train number(s) 14055 / 14056
On-board services
#Class: AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
#Seating arrangements: Available
#Sleeping arrangements: Available
#Catering facilities: Available (Paid)
#Baggage facilities: Available
#Technical:
#Track gauge: Broad Gauge
#Operating speed: Average - 48km/hr
The Brahmaputra Mail is a daily train which connects Delhi with Dibrugarh (an important town in upper Assam). Originally this train ran between Delhi Junction railway station and Guwahati and was named as Tinsukia Mail (Since it connected to Tinsukia via MG section that ran between Guwahati and Tinsukia). Later it was renamed as Brahmaputra Mail after the river since it is one of the most important river for the state and one of amongst top 20 large river in the world. After successful gauge conversion between Guwahati-Lumding-Dibrugarh, it was extended to Dibrugarh.This train belongs to Northern Railway (NR) zone of Indian Railway and operated and maintained by Delhi Division (DLI Division) of NR. The train is numbered as 14055/14056.
14055 departs Dibrugarh every day at 22:45 and arrives at Delhi Junction at 5:55 on the fourth day from departure (e.g.:the train which departs Dibrugarh on Thursday at 22:45 would arrive at Delhi on Sunday at 5:55) covering a distance of 2598 km in 54 hrs and 55 mins with an average moving speed of 47 km/h.
14056 departs Old Delhi every day at 23:40 and reaches Dibrugarh at 4:00 on the fourth day (e.g.: the train departing DLI at 23:40 on Thursday would reach DBRT on Sunday early morning at 4:00) covering a total distance of 2598 km in 52 hrs and 20 mins with an average moving speed of 49 km/h.
#Important Halts
Dibrugarh
New Tinsukia Junction
Simaluguri Junction
Dimapur
Lumding Junction
Guwahati Junction
Kamakhya
Kokrajhar
New Alipurduar
New Cooch Behar
New Jalpaiguri
Kishanganj
Malda Town
New Farakka Junction
Barharwa Junction
Sahibganj Junction
Bhagalpur Junction
Jamalpur Junction
Kiul Junction
Lakhisarai Junction
Mokama Junction
Patna Saheb
Patna Junction
Buxar
Dildarnagar railway station Junction
Mughalsarai Junction
Allahabad Junction
Kanpur Central
Tundla Junction
Aligarh Junction
Ghaziabad
Delhi Junction
#Coach Composition
The train has both AC and Non AC class of accommodation. The composition of this train is LOCO-SLR-GEN-GEN-GEN-GEN-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-S9-S10-S11-PC-A1-B1-B2-B3-GEN-GEN-GEN-GEN-SLR.
#Locomotive
This train is assigned with a WAP-4/WAP-7 locomotive from Delhi Junction to Mughalsarai.
From Mughalsarai-Dibrugarh and Dibrugarh-Mughalsarai the train is usually hauled by WDP-4 locomotive.
#Trivia:
This is one of the oldest running train of this zone. This train is famous for its defense personal using this train for travel.
This train was also involved in two the major railway disasters in Indian History. One was the mail bombing of the train between Kokrajhar and New Bongaigaon in December 1996 by bodo militants an second was the Gaisal Rail Disaster, a head on collision between Avadh Assam Express and Brahmaputra Mail.