Barkakana Junction railway station (station code: BRKA), serves Barkakana and the surrounding coal mining areas in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It comes under Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway zone.
History In 1927, the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Gomoh–Barkakana line. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later, these lines were amalgamated with East Indian Railway. In the same year (1927), Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the Muri–Barkakana section to traffic. The 57 km-long Hazaribagh–Barkakana section was opened for passenger trains on 7 December 2016 by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das
Electrification Barkakana–Garhwa, Barkakana–Danea and Barkakana–Ramgarh sections were electrified in 1996–97.
Rating Overall 3.8/5
cleanliness - good (8)/10
porters/escalators - average (7)/10
food - average (7)/10
transportation - good (8)/10
lodging - average (5)/10
safety - good (6)/10
Trains No. of Originating trains- 9 Patna–Ranchi Vande Bharat Express Tatanagar–Patna Vande Bharat Express (one day in a week) Ranchi–New Delhi Garib Rath Express Dhanbad-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express Special Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express (via Barkakana) Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gaya Weekly Superfast Express Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express Ranchi–Varanasi Express Ranchi–Chopan Express Shaktipunj Express Tatanagar–Jammu Tawi Express Sambalpur–Jammu Tawi Express Palamu Express Howrah–Bhopal Weekly Express Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express Kolkata–Madar Express (Weekly Express) Ahmedabad–Kolkata Express (Weekly express) Asansol - Hatia Express And many more express, passenger and intercity train run through this station.
Nearest airports Birsa Munda Airport (53 Km) Bokaro Airport (85 Km) Dhanbad Airport (130 Km) Sonari Airport (167 Km)
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