Gaya–Kiul line

The Gaya–Kiul line is a railway line connecting Gaya on the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Kiul on the Howrah–Delhi main line both in the Indian state of Bihar.

Gaya–Kiul line
Luckeesarai Junction lies on the Gaya–Kiul line
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerIndian Railways
TerminiGaya
Kiul
Service
Operator(s)East Central Railway
History
Opened1879
Technical
Line length129 km (80 mi)
Number of tracks1 (single)
Track gaugeBroad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Route map
km
to Gaya–Mughalsarai section
 of Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line
0
 Gaya Junction
 to Patna–Gaya line
 Falgu River
4
 Saheed Iswar Choudhary (halt)
5
 Manpur
 to Asansol–Gaya section
12
 Paimar
16
 Kajara
21
 Kolhana (halt)
24
 Wazerganj
26
 Pura (halt)
31
 Jamuawan
33
 Manjhwe (halt)
42
 Tilaiya Junction
 to Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
 to Fatuha–Tilaiya line
47
 Gargobigha (halt)
50
 Chatara (halt)
59
 Nawada
64
 Sadipur (halt)
70
 Baghi Bardiha
78
 Warisaliganj
80
 Sonwarsha (halt)
82
 Baghi Ghauspur (halt)
88
 Kashichak
92
 Deragaon (halt)
96
 Kasla Kasambabad (halt)
103
 Sheikhpura
107
 Eksari (halt)
110
 Adarsh Manpur
113
 Sirari
115
 Kachhiya (halt)
119
 Garsanda (halt)
122
 Karota Patri (halt)
128
 Lakhisarai
130
 Kiul
 to Sahibganj loop
 to Asansol–Patna section
 of Howrah–Delhi main line
Sources: Google maps[1]; India Rail Info[2]

History

Several years before the Grand Chord was built, a connection from the Howrah–Delhi main line to Gaya was developed in 1900 and the South Bihar Railway Company (operated by EIR) had laid a line from Lakhisarai to Gaya in 1879.[3] The Grand Chord was opened on 6 December 1906.[4]

Track

Track doubling of the 130 kilometres (81 mi) long Gaya–Kiul line was announced in the Railway Budget for 2010–2011.[5]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for doubling of Kiul–Gaya railway line of 124 km with a completion cost of Rs.1354.22 crore. Doubling of this line will greatly ease the ever-increasing freight traffic between these sections. The project is likely to be completed by March 2020.

Electrification and Doubling of track

Feasibility studies for the electrification of the Manpur–Tilaiya–Kiul section were announced in the rail budget for 2010–11 and the electrification work of single track is going on starting 2015–16.[6] electrification of single line from Gaya to Kiul have been completed in July 2018. It has been completed in two phases. In first phase tilaiya to warisaliganj have been completed and in the other phase warisaliganj to Lakhisarai.A special Memu train was flagged on 22 October 2018 by State Railway Minister Mr Manoj Sinha.Track doubling is in progress and it is expected to be completed by March 2020.

Passenger movement

Gaya is the only station on this line which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. Apart from Gaya there are various local stations used by masses such as Nawada, Sheikhpura, Warisaliganj.[7]

Railway reorganisation

In 1952, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway were formed. Eastern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company, east of Mughalsarai and Bengal Nagpur Railway. Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. North Eastern Railway was formed with Oudh and Tirhut Railway, Assam Railway and a portion of Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.[8] East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.[9]

References
  1. Google maps
  2. "53626 Gaya Kiul Passenger". India Rail Info.
  3. Saxena, R. P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  4. "As the traffic continued to grow even beyond the capacity of the". Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  5. "Rail Budget 2010-2011: Bihar's gain". Jai Bihar. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  6. "Railway Budget 2010-11: Electrification of New Rail Sections". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. "Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways". Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  8. "Geography: Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  9. "East Central Railway". ECR. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

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