#Knowyourstation.
Bhagat Ki Kothi Railway Station Of Rajasthan.
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#Stationinformation:-#Noofplatforms:-3.
#Stationcode:-BGKT.
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#Zone:-NWR.
#Division:-Jodhpur.
#Parking:-Available.
#Baggagechecking:-Available.
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#Locoshed&yard:- Bhagat Ki Kothi is home to one of the largest
diesel loco sheds of western India (North
Western Railway Zone) having WDM-2,WDM-3A,WDG-3A,WDG-4,WDP-4,WDP-4B,WDP-4D Locomotives.
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#CurrenttrainsfromBGKT:-Thar Express,Ranikhet Express.
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#UpcomingtrainsfromBGKT:-Bhagat Ki Kothi-Vishakapatnam Express,Bhagat Ki Kothi-Ahmedabad Express,Bhagat Ki Kothi-Kamakhya Express,Bhagat Ki Kothi-Bilaspur Express.

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Patratu Railway Station Of Dhanbad Division Of ECR.
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#Stationinformation:-Electrified:-Yes.
#Stationcode:-PTRU.
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#Noofplatforms:-3.
#Zone:-ECR.
#Division:-Dhanbad.
#Parking:-Available.
#Baggagechecking:-Available.
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#Locoshed&yard:-Patratu is having Diesel Loco Shed that holds WDM-2,WDM-2B,WDM-3A,WDG-3A,WDG-4 Diesel Locomotives.
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#Majorindustries:-Jindal Steel & Power Plant,NTPC Thermal Power Plant.
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#Placesofinterest:-Patratu Dam & Patratu Valley.

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Gomoh Railway Station.
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#History:- Gomoh is a census town in Dhanbad district
in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is a major
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junction (renamed Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station on 23
January 2009) situated on the Grand Chord
Line under Dhanbad division of the East
Central Railway. Gomoh is the meeting point
for trains coming from Howrah (Eastern
Railway), Ranchi/Bokaro (South Eastern
Railway) and Puri (South Eastern Railway).
Gomoh is a place of historical importance
also. On his great escape, Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose caught Howrah- Kalka Mail
(then known as 63UP Howrah-Peshawar
Express) on 18 January 1941. There is a
statue of Netaji on platform no. 1 & 2 at
Gomoh railway station which reminds people
of his historic halt. Every year on 23 January,
the railway employees organize a small
cultural program to celebrate Netaji's
birthday. People of this city also organize a
week-long fair in Railway Football Ground
starting from 11 March every year in
remembrance of the assassinated 'Labour
Leader' Sadanand Jha. There are two big
playgrounds in Gomoh.
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#Stationinformation:-#Electrified:-Yes.
#Noofplatforms:-6.
#Zone:-ECR.
#Division:-Dhanbad.
#Ownedby:-IR.
#Parking:-Available.
#Baggagechecking:-Available.
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#Locoshed&yard:-Gomoh is having ELS as well as Mughalsarai in ECR & holding the freight locomotives like WAG-7 & WAG-9,earlier Gomoh was also holds the WAP-7 too.

#Knowyourstation.
Steel City no.2 of Jharkhand:-Bokaro Steel City.
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#History:- The railway station and the surrounding areas
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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.

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Ranchi Railway Station,Capital of Jharkhand State.
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#History:- Ranchi was ruled by Munda Rajas.. The old
Ram Temple in Ranchi was their royal palace.
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the area was included in the
Magadh Empire during the reign of Ashoka
( 273-232 B.C. ). With the decline of Mauryan
power, King Kharavela of Kalinga led on army
through Jharkhand and ransacked Rajgriha
and Pataliputra of Magadh. Later, Samudra
Gupta (335-380 A.D.) must have passed
through the area on his expedition to the
Deccan. Ranchi was the Capital of
Chotanagpur Raj which after the Mundas was
ruled by the Shah Deo's. They had their
Palace which still exists, at Ratu,
approximately 11 km from Ranchi.
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#Stationhistory:- In 2003, the Ranchi division was carved out
from the existing Adra railway division of the
South Eastern Railway Zone . As of 2012
Ranchi Station is being renovated and
developed in the lines of Jaipur railway
station. The ceilings of the Unreserved
Ticketing System (UTS) and the Passenger
Reservation System (PRS) are being beautified
with scenery. The facade of the Ranchi
station has been improved in February 2012.
In Feb 2012 two new platforms were
added to the Ranchi station along with
mechanical interlocking system.
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#Stationinformation:-#No.of #platforms:-5.
#Baggagechecking:-Available.
#Parking:-Available.
#Zone:-SER.
#Division:-Ranchi.
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#Placesofinterest:-Sun Temple,Devri Temple,Pahari Mandir(Ranchi Hill),Ratu Fort,Jagannathpur Temple,Hundru Falls,Dassam Falls,Sita Falls,Jonha Falls,Nakshatra Van,Jharkhand War Memorial,Ranchi Lake,Hinri Falls,Panchghagh Falls,Rock Garden & Kanke Dam(Gonda Hills).