The Dhanbad Railway division is mulling over finding alternative routes to restore the closed trains of Dhanbad- Chandrapura (DC) line.
The line was closed from 15 June due to underground inferno permanently. Movement of 13 Mail-Express trains and 6 passenger trains are permanently stopped, while 7 trains are running on diverted lines. Now railway is looking for an alternate route to restore six trains of DC line includes Ranchi-Jainager, Ranchi-Newjalpaiguri, Ranchi-Bhagalpur, Dhanbad-Bhubneshwar Garib Rath, Ranchi-Kamakhaya and Darbhanga-Sikendrabad trains, sources informed.On Wednesday top brasses held a meeting at Garden Reach office.
The railway is looking for Jamuniyatand-Chandrapura route, Dhanbad-Pathardih route to continue the traffic, sources said. Both Jamuniyatand-Chandrapura and Dhanbad-Pathardih route are not affected by the underground fire, said a railway official. “We will send the proposal shortly”, added the official.
The movement of trains which permanently closed from 15 June are Vananchyal Express, Ranchi-Jaynagar Express, Ranchi-Howrah Intercity, Garib Rath, Ranchi – Bhagalpur, Ranchi-Kamakhya, Darbhanga – Sikendrabad, Ranchi-NEwjalpaiguri, Hyderabad - Raxaul Express, Bhopal- Howrah, Kolkata -Ahmadabad, Kolkata - Ajmer, and Surat-Malda, he informed adding “the passenger trains Muri - Dhanbad, Chandrapura - Bhojudih, Bokaro - Howrah, Ranchi -Dhanbad, Chandrapura - Dhanbad and Jhargram -Dhanbad”. The trains which are running through diverted route are Howrah-Ranchi Shatabdi Express, Maurya Express, Dhanbad-Alleppey Express, Shaktipunj Express, Patliputra Express.