Feasibility Study Underway to Develop Talgaria Station of Jharkhand as Satellite Terminal by Railways; Capacity Expansion to Benefit Passengers in Dhanbad-Bokaro Industrial Belt
Feasibility Study Underway to Develop Talgaria Station of Jharkhand as Satellite Terminal by Railways; Capacity Expansion to Benefit Passengers in Dhanbad-Bokaro Industrial Belt
Talgaria Station is situated on Bokaro- Adra section of South Eastern Railway about 30 km from Bokaro.
There are 06 lines (2 main lines & 4 loop lines) and 04 high level platforms at Talgaria Station. Average daily footfall at Talgaria Station is about 200 passengers. This station is presently being served by 04 train services as under:
SN
Train Number & Name
1
18013 Adra – Bokaro Steel City Express
2
18014 Bokaro Steel City – Adra Express
3
68079 Bhojudih – Chandrapura MEMU
4
68080 Chandrapura – Bhojudih MEMU
At Talgaria station, all passenger facilities like platform shelter, urinal, lavatory, waiting hall, drinking water arrangement, seating arrangement, Foot Over Bridge etc. are available. The works of high-level platform, platform shelter, booking office cum waiting hall, toilet, water booth, Divyangjan ramp at platform no. 1 and 3 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed in recent years.
Talgaria Station
To augment capacity of Talgaria Station, Doubling of Talgaria – Bokaro North Cabin section (38 Km) has been recently completed. Work for doubling of Bhojudih – Talgaria section (12.5 Km) has been taken up to augment the capacity further.
There are 09 lines & 03 high level platforms existing at Bokaro Steel City Station. Further, Bokaro Steel City Station has been identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. At this station, the following works have been taken up:
• One additional island platform
• One additional line
• Extension of one platform
• Improvement of station building
• Surfacing of platform no. 1, 2 & 3
• Escalators
• new waiting hall
• retiring room
• Parking, approach road, entry/exit gate, boundary wall
• Tactile pathway for Divyangjan at platform no. 1 and improvement of Divyangjan toilet at platform no. 2
Bokaro Steel City Station
To augment capacity of rail network at Bokaro station, following works have been taken up:
· Bokaro Steel City – Bokaro North Cabin (3.75 Km) 3rd and 4th line work.
· Bokaro Steel City – Damrughutu 3rd& 4th line and
· Damrughutu – Barbenda (30Km) doubling
Trains serving Odisha and Delhi from Bokaro city are as under:
Trains serving Bokaro Steel City-Puri sector:–
SN
Train Number & Name
1
12875/76 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
2
18427/28 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
3
12801/02 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
Trains serving to Bokaro Steel City-Bhubaneshwar sector:-
SN
Train Number & Name
1
22805/06 Anand Vihar (T)-Bhubaneswar Express
2
12875/76 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
3
22823/24 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express
4
18427/28 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
5
12801/02 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
Trains serving Bokaro Steel City-Delhi sector:–
SN
Train Number & Name
1
12801/02 Puri-Anand Vihar (T) Express
2
12817/18 Hatia-Anand Vihar (T) Express
3
12825/26 Ranchi-Anand Vihar (T) Express
4
12875/76 Puri-Anand Vihar (T) Express
5
18427/28 Puri-Anand Vihar (T) Express
6
20839/40 Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express
7
22805/06 Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar (T) Express
8
22823/24 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express
Further, Talgaria is also connected to Adra by 18013/14 Adra-Bokaro Steel City Express which is further connected to Delhi and Puri/Bhubaneswar by the following 05 pairs of train services as listed below:
SN
Train Number & Name
1
22805/ 22806 Anand Vihar (T)-Bhubaneswar Express
2
12875/12876 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
3
22823/22824 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express
4
18427/18428 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
5
12801/12802 Anand Vihar (T)-Puri Express
Besides, provision of stoppages of train services depends on the traffic justification, operational feasibility including availability of extra time on the section & availability of matching infrastructure such as Platform length etc.
The proposals for development of Station as a satellite station are examined with respect to assessment of passenger footfall, traffic trends, and earnings of station, keeping in view future growth, and requirements of further development.
The feasibility of developing Talgaria Station as a satellite terminal has been taken up.
Jharkhand:
Railway Budget:
Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand is as under:-
Period
Outlay
2009-14
₹457 Cr./Yr
2025-26
₹7306 Cr. (approx. 16 times)
Projects Sanctioned:
As on 01.04.2025, 26 projects (9 New Lines and 17 Doubling), of total length of 2363 Km, costing ₹47,729 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand including those which are in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which, 598 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹15,845 crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-
Category
No. of projects
Total Length
(in Km)
Length Commissioned till March, 2025(in Km)
Total Exp. upto March, 2025
(Rs. in Cr.)
New Lines
9
749
156
4239
Doubling/Multi-tracking
17
1614
442
11606
Total
26
2363
598
15845
Track Construction:
The details of constructing new tracks falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand is as under:-
Period
New Track Commissioned
Average Commissioning of new tracks
2009-14
287 Km
57.4 Km/year
2014-25
1316 Km
119.64 Km/year (More than 2 times)
Recently Completed Projects:
Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand are as under:
SN
Name of Project
Cost (Rs. in Cr.)
1
Mandarhill- Dumka – Rampurhat new line (130 Km)
908
2
Giridih-Koderma new line (111 Km)
404
3
Koderma – Ranchi new line (202 Km)
3800
4
Ranchi-Lohardaga Gauge Conversion & its extension upto Tori (111 Km)
665
5
Sahibganj-Pirpainti Doubling (23 km)
129
6
Tinpahar-Sahebganj Doubling (38 Km)
246
7
Sini-Adityapur Doubling (23 Km)
215
8
Goeilkera-Manoharpur Doubling (28 Km)
425
9
Dongaposi-Rajkharswan 3rd line (75 Km)
629
10
Danea-Ranchi Road Doubling (25 Km)
324
11
Chakardharpur-Goilkera 3rd line (34 Km)
383
12
Garhwa Road-Ramna doubling (32 Km)
427
13
Manoharpur-Bondamanda 3rd line (30 Km)
359
14
Jarangdih-Danea Patch Doubling (29 km)
500
15
Ranchi Road- Patratu doubling (31 Km)
348
16
Talgaria-Bokaro doubling (38 Km)
514
17
Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km)
2436
आज 16 गुना ज्यादा, 7,306 करोड़ रुपए का बजट झारखंड के लिए दिया जा रहा है और लंबे समय से लंबित प्रोजेक्ट्स को प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी जी द्वारा पूरा किया गया है : माननीय रेल मंत्री @AshwiniVaishnaw जी pic.twitter.com/ViRQMuqKIc
Ongoing Projects:
Details of some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand which have been taken up are as under:
SN
Project
Cost (Rs. in Cr.)
1
Dhanbad-Chandrapura via Tundu-Nichitpur new line (26 Km)
629
2
Namkum-Kandra new line (106 Km)
2,120
3
Buramara-Chakulia new line (60 Km)
1,459
4
Dhanbad-Sonnagar 3rd line (429 Km)
4,500
5
Ranchi Road- Patratu doubling (31 Km)
291
6
Bondamunda-Ranchi doubling (166 Km)
1,660
7
Kharagpur-Adityapur 3rd line (132 Km)
1,116
8
Chandil- Anara- Burnpur – 3rd line (125KM)
1,647
9
Muri-Barkakhana doubling (58 Km)
580
10
Sainthia-Pakur 4th line (81 Km)
1,569
11
Gamharia-Chandil 3rd and 4th line (26 Km)
1,168
Amrit Bharat Station Scheme:
Development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds. Development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of station/condition/traffic handled etc.
So far, 1,338 stations have been identified for development under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Out of these, 57 stations are located in Jharkhand. The name of stations identified under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Jharkhand are as following:
State
No. of Stations
Name of Stations
Jharkhand
57
Balsiring, Bano, Barajamda Jn, Barkakana, Basukinath, Bhaga, Bokaro Steel City, Chaibasa, Chakradharpur, Chandil, Chandrapura, Daltonganj, Dangoaposi, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Gamharia, Gangaghat, Garhwa Road, Garhwa Town, Ghatsila, Giridih, Godda, Govindpur Road, Haidar Nagar, Hatia, Hazaribagh Road, Jamtara, Japla, Jasidih Jn, Katrasgarh, Koderma Jn, Kumardubi, Latehar, Lohardaga, Madhupur Jn, Manoharpur, Muhammad Ganj, Muri Jn, N.S.C.B. Jn Gomoh, Nagar Untari, Namkom, Orga, Pakur, Parasnath, Piska, Rajkharswan, Rajmahal, Ramgarh Cantt, Ranchi Jn, Sahibganj, Sankarpur, Silli, Sini, Tatanagar, Tatisilwai, Vidyasagar
Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Jharkhand have been taken up at a good pace. Details of stations completed in Jharkhand are as under:
State
No. of stations
Name of stations
Jharkhand
9
Godda, Govindpur Road, Lohardaga, Madhupur Jn, Muri Jn, Piska, Rajmahal, Sahibganj, Sankarpur
The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the above stations is as given below:
Development / Upgradation / Modernization of stations including Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head-53 ‘Customer Amenities’. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise or station-wise or state-wise. Jharkhand is covered under the jurisdiction of three railway zones, namely, Eastern Railway, East Central Railway and South Eastern Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 1,469 crore has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure (up to February, 2026) of ₹ 1,447 crore has been incurred so far.
This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.