Chakradharpur railway station (station code: CKP) is a railway station of South Eastern Railway in Chakradharpur of West Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The station is on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line and serves as the divisional headquarters of the Chakradharpur railway division.
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. 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.
Electrification The Purulia–Chakradharpur, Kandra–Gomharria, Sini–Adityapur, Adityapur–Tatanagar, Chakradharpur–Manoharpur and Manoharpur–Rourkela sections were electrified in 1961–62.
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External links Trains at Chakradharpur