Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh | ||||||||||||||||
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 Gomoh railway station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Gomoh,Dhanbad district,Jharkhand India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°52′24″N86°08′53″E / 23.8733°N 86.1481°E /23.8733; 86.1481 | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 239 metres (784 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| System |  Indian Railways station | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | East Central Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | Asansol–Gaya section ofGrand Chord,Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line andHowrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line, Gomoh–Barkakana branch line, Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line, Adra–Gomoh line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground station | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  Not Available | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | GMO | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Dhanbad | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1906; 119 years ago (1906) | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1960–61 | |||||||||||||||
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Gomoh Junction, officially known asNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh (station code:GMO) is a railway station inDhanbad district of the Indian state ofJharkhand. Several branch lines start here:Gomoh–Barkakana branch line,Gomoh–Muri branch line andAdra–Gomoh line. Both Express and Passenger trains have scheduled halts here.
Gomoh railway station was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station in 2009, in honour of Indian freedom fighter and leaderNetaji's long journey inNetaji Express (previously known as Kalka Mail) from Gomoh Railway Station out of the British Empire in 1941.[1][2]
TheGrand Chord was opened in 1906.[3] In 1927, the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Gomoh–Barkakana line. Later, the line was amalgamated withEast Indian Railway.[4] The construction of the 143-kilometre (89 mi) long Chandrapura–Muri–Ranchi–Hatia line started in 1957 and was completed in 1961.[5]
TheNagpur–Asansol line (then considered the main line ofBengal Nagpur Railway) was extended to Gomoh in 1907.[6]
The Dhanbad–Gomoh sector was electrified in 1960−61.[7]
Gomoh Loco Shed has an electric loco shed with capacity to hold 125+ locos. Locos housed at the shed include 53-WAP-7 and 238-WAG-9 locomotives.[8]
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