Mokama–Barauni_section

Mokama–Barauni section

Mokama–Barauni section

Railway line in India

The Mokama–Barauni section connects Mokama Junction and Barauni Junction in the Indian state of Bihar.

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The Howrah–Delhi main line on the southern side of the Ganges was opened to through traffic in 1866 and the railway lines on the northern side of the Ganges also came up in the subsequent years of the nineteenth century.[1] The lines could only be connected with the construction of 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) long Rajendra Setu in 1959.[2]

The 3.19-kilometre (1.98 mi)-long Munger Ganga Bridge, 55 km downstream of the Rajendra Setu, links Jamalpur station on the Sahibganj loop line of Eastern Railway to the Barauni–Katihar section of East Central Railway.[3]

Rajendra Setu

The 4.56-kilometre (2.83 mi) long Digha–Sonpur Bridge located near Patna, link to Sonpur.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Indian Railways line history 2. North Eastern Railway" (PDF). Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Indian railways history (after independence)". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Trains in India". PPPNOW.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. [4]
    "'Rail bridge over Ganga would be nation's pride'". The Hindu. Chennai. 13 October 2009. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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